longe
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longes
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verb (used with object)
noun
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Etymology
Origin of longe
< French, Old French: noun use of longe (adj.) < Latin longa, feminine of longus long 1
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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
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
It will restore a man to hys color shortly yf a man after the longe use of the bathe drynke of it after he is come forthe oute of the bath.
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
"The potte may goo so longe to water that atte the last it is broken" we found in a manuscript of about the year 1545, entitled, "The book of the Knight of La Tour."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
Examples are longes, 396, leues, 1781, haldes, 1382, fedes, 1693, bes, 1744, comes, 1767, glides, 1851, þarnes, 1913, haues, 1952, etes, 2036, dos, 1913; also eteth, 672, haueth, 804, bikenneth, 1269, doth, 1876, liþ, 673.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
And thoghe zee kutte hem in never so many gobettes or parties, overthwart or end longes, evermore zee schulle fynden in the myddes the figure of the Holy Cros of oure Lord Jesu.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
Dey stayed on our place for de longes'.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
Monymon weneþ þat he wene ne þarf. longes lyues. ac him lyeþ þe wrench.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
De water come out'n dese rocks dat cold dat you can't hold your hand in it fer more dan a minute at de longes'.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
We longed for a Bimini top over our heads, but as big as the CrossWave is, there’s no room for one of those.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
MacLachlan longed to diversify his output — to show that he was capable of being a mainstream Hollywood leading man, one who could interface with a variety of directors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I longed to speak to my mother about it, but I kept my feelings from her and stayed silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Just as things began to feel real, the connection she longed for would suddenly feel uncomfortable, even threatening.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
She longed to tear out her braid, to let her hair fall loose.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The great use of longeing is, not that it supples your horse—it is a farce to suppose that—but that, next to leading, it is the easiest act of obedience which you can exact from him.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood
In longeing you should walk a circle inside the colt’s circle.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood
The ordinary English trainer thinks that a good mouth may be made in two weeks, by strapping a colt's reins to his surcingle for an hour or two daily, and by longeing with a cavesson.
From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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