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Longed

[luhnj, lonj] Origin

longe

[luhnj, lonj] noun, verb, longed, longe·ing.
noun
1.
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
verb (used with object)
2.
to train or exercise (a horse) by use of a longe.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Also, lunge.


Origin:
< French, Old French: noun use of longe (adj.) < Latin longa, feminine of longus long

long, longe, lounge, lunge.
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long

2[lawng, long]
verb (used without object)
to have an earnest or strong desire or craving; yearn: to long for spring; to long to return home.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English longen, Old English langian grow longer, yearn after, summon; see long1


See yearn.

long

3[lawng, long]
verb (used without object)
1.
Archaic. to be suitable or fitting.
2.
Obsolete. to be the possession; belong.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English longen to be suitable or proper, belong, derivative of long on account (of), attributable (to), dependent (on), Old English gelang belonging (to), dependent (on); see along
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Word Origin & History

long
O.E. langian "to yearn, to seem long," lit. "to grow long," from P.Gmc. *langojanan (see long (adj.)). Related to O.N. langa, M.Du. langhen, O.H.G. langen, Ger. verlangen "to desire." Related: Longing, longingly.
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Long (lông), Crawford Williamson. 1815-1878.

American surgeon and pioneer anesthetist who was among the first (1842) to use ether as an anesthetic.

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