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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
long .
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Examples
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As the deer panteth for water, so my soul longeth for Thee, O God ...
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As the deer panteth for water, so my soul longeth for Thee, O God ...
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When I saw her, methought the moon had risen above the horizon and was shining; I looked at her a full hour and longed for her as one athirst longeth for water.
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King Shams Al – Daulah saluteth thee with the salaam and longeth to look upon thy face; wherefore he hath made thee an entertainment.
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Presently her brother said to her, “O my sister, I feel recovery drawing near and my heart longeth for a little roast meat.”
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Queen, who bade her march upon the city of the Supreme King, her father, there to alight at the abode of her youngest sister, Manár al-Saná148 and say to her, “Clothe thy two sons in the coats of mail which their aunt hath made them and send them to her; for she longeth for them.”
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Faithful, hath drunken medicine to-day and, having heard tell of the sweetness of thy singing, longeth to divert herself somewhat of thine art.
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I am aweary of awaiting thine arrival; for indeed long hath been thine absence from the lover which longeth for thee.
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I would have thee know that thy slavegirl Miriam saluteth thee, who longeth sore for thee; and this is her message to thee.
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Who longeth for death; but it cometh not; and diggeth for it more than for hid treasures?
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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