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agelong

American  
[eyj-lawng, -long] / ˈeɪdʒˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. lasting for an age.

Etymology

Origin of agelong

First recorded in 1800–10; age + long 1

Example Sentences

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She in her agelong toil and care Persistent, wearies not nor stays, Mocking alike hope and despair.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not propose here to reopen the agelong dispute between free will and determinism, which seems to me largely verbal.

From Project Gutenberg

In his own spirit is enacted the agelong world-drama of toil.

From Project Gutenberg

So only shall ye close this agelong strife, Nor by redemption of a too fair wife, Now smiling, now averse, now hot, now cold, O Menelaus, may the tale be told!

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O we have seen a thousand wars And woe agelong!

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