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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

livelong

adjective: (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the livelong day"

noun: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: {orpine}, {orpin}, {live-forever}, {Sedum telephium}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Livelong \Live"long'\, adjective [For lifelong. Cf. {Lifelong}.]

1. Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.

The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak.

How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play? --Swift.

2. Lasting; durable. [Obs.]

Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. --Milton.
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