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 Long, v. i. [imp. &  p. p. Longed p. pr. & vb. n. Longing.]
 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.
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