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longing
(mass) | longing
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longing
(encz) | longing,touha n: |
Longing
(gcide) | Longing \Long"ing\, n.
An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest
wish; an aspiration.
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Put on my crown; I have
immortal longings in me. --Shak.
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Longing
(gcide) | Long \Long\, v. i. [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, a.]
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.
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I long to see you. --Rom. i. 11.
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I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix.
40.
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I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix.
174.
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Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with
fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
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The labor which that longeth unto me. --Chaucer.
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longing
(wn) | longing
n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing,
yearning, hungriness] |
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belongings
(mass) | belongings
- príslušenstvo |
longing
(mass) | longing
- túžba |
belonging
(encz) | belonging,sounáležitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
belongings
(encz) | belongings,majetek n: Zdeněk Brožbelongings,osobní majetek Zdeněk Brožbelongings,věci Zdeněk Brož |
longing
(encz) | longing,touha n: |
longingly
(encz) | longingly,dychtivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
with longing
(encz) | with longing, adv: |
worldly belongings
(encz) | worldly belongings, n: |
Belonging
(gcide) | Belong \Be*long"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Belonged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to
concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- +
longen to desire. See Long, v. i.]
Note: [Usually construed with to.]
1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great
Britain.
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2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or
related; to owe allegiance or service.
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A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. --Luke
ix. 10.
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The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i.
8.
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3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to
appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God ?"
--Gen. xl. 8.
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4. To be suitable for; to be due to.
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Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age.
--Heb. v. 14.
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No blame belongs to thee. --Shak.
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5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal
residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or
operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by
the parish or town.
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Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which
the mothers belong. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]Belonging \Be*long"ing\, n. [Commonly in the pl.]
1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one;
hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings."
--Shak.
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2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing;
an appendage; an appurtenance.
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3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]
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Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped,
before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
--Thackeray.
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Longingly
(gcide) | Longingly \Long"ing*ly\, adv.
With longing. --Dryden.
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Prolonging
(gcide) | Prolong \Pro*long"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prolonged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Prolonging.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro
before, forth + longus long. See Long, a., and cf.
Prolongate, Purloin. ]
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1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
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2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
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Prolong awhile the traitor's life. --Shak.
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The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
--Dryden.
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3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak.
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belonging
(wn) | belonging
n 1: happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his
classmates he felt a sense of belonging" |
belongings
(wn) | belongings
n 1: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that
is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a
man of property"; [syn: property, belongings,
holding] |
longing
(wn) | longing
n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing,
yearning, hungriness] |
longingly
(wn) | longingly
adv 1: in a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act
gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the
illuminated word `Exit'" [syn: longingly, yearningly] |
worldly belongings
(wn) | worldly belongings
n 1: all the property that someone possess; "he left all his
worldly possessions to his daughter" [syn: {worldly
possessions}, worldly belongings, worldly goods] |
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