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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Long \Long\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Longed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Longing}.] [AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang long. See {Long}, adjective]
1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.
I long to see you. --Rom. i. 11.
I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix. 40.
I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix. 174.
Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. --Arbuthnot.
2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
The labor which that longeth unto me. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Longing \Long"ing\, noun An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
longing
noun: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: {yearning}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "longing": Heimweh, aching, craving, desiderium, desire, fancy, hankering, homesick, homesickness, honing, hunger, languishing, languishment, mal du pays, maladie du pays, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania, pining, wish, wishful, wistful, yearnful, yearning, yen
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