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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Linger

Lin′ger (lĭn̲′gẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lingered (- gẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.] [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. √125. See Long, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray.

Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton.

Syn. — To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.

Lin′ger, v. t. 1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.]

She lingers my desires. Shak.

2. To spend or pass in a lingering manner; — with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.