| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| long2 |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  lông, l ng |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: longed, long·ing, longs
To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English longen, from Old English langian. See del-1 in Appendix I.
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