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longe

[ luhnj, lonj ]

noun

  1. a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.


verb (used with object)

, longed, longe·ing.
  1. to train or exercise (a horse) by use of a longe.

longe

/ lʌndʒ; lɒndʒ /

noun

  1. an older variant of lunge 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of longe1

< French, Old French: noun use of longe (adj.) < Latin longa, feminine of longus long 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of longe1

C17: via Old French from Latin longus long 1
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Example Sentences

The same seems to be indicated by l. 21 (the longe day), and still more clearly by ll.

Potentia coeundi permanere potest longe post annum sexagesimum-secundum.

Quin dir Eumenides monstraque Tartari His longe duce te finibus exulant.

If it bee not longe inoughe, thenn lengthen it fyrste, and afterwarde doo as I haue sayde beefore.

Diu me in hoc curru promovendo laborasse, priusquam tam longe processit.

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