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
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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
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
Then I asked of hym where he was borne, what is name was, how longe he had this dysease, and what tyme he had ben here about London, and in what place.
From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley
Well, I been gwine in comp'ny wit dat ooman fu' de longes'.
From The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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
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
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
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
Now, I have the strange romantic notion that, for the briefest of moments, Americans joined hands and celebrated 200 years of an unrealized but longed for dream: Liberty and justice for all.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
“I just longed for my kids to have the same childhood I had, a slower pace of life,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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 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
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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