longe

American

[luhnj, lonj] / lʌndʒ, lɒndʒ /

noun

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

verb (used with object)

longed, longeing

to train or exercise (a horse) by use of a longe.

longe British

/ lʌndʒ, lɒndʒ /

noun

an older variant of lunge 2

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Etymology

Origin of longe

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

Example Sentences

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Live Text is no longe exclusive to M1-devices in Apple’s fourth beta.

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2021

In 1615, Nicholas Withington, one of the earliest English travellers in India, wrote that water from the Ganges “will never stinke, though kepte never so longe, neyther will anye wormes or vermine breede therein.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016

Joseph Ratzinger longe maius est munus, coram Ecclesia statuit summum principem in iustitia global mediam libram.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

A motion which declares "that the Royal Family is no longe necessary as part of the British Constitution" was laughed out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quisquis enim cum laude agere Medicum volet, is has nugas longe valere jubeat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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