longe
Americannoun
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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
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
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
Atte laste, when she had longe dwelled there in that place, the Devil in likenesse of a woman, come to this holy woman's place; and when he come there he knocked at the door.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
If it bee not longe inoughe, thenn lengthen it fyrste, and afterwarde doo as I haue sayde beefore.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Robert Record
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
An' when it commence to bile, I put dese here knees down on de flo' befo' de fire an' stir dat coffee 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
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
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
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
I longed to speak to my mother about it, but I kept my feelings from her and stayed silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
In a self-published memoir, he recalled himself as a dreamy young man who longed to become a great writer and explore the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
She had longed to find her brother for years.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
All those years that you longed to be loved, what if someone told you they did, and you never knew it?
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jo obeyed, but as her hand went softly to and fro across Beth’s hot forehead and wet eyelids, her heart was very full and she longed to speak.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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