| • | Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. |
| • | Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book. |
| • | Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching. |
| • | Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. |
| • | Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc. |
| • | Far-reaching; extensive. |
| • | Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30. |
| • | A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
| • | A long sound, syllable, or vowel. |
| • | The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it. |
| • | To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line. |
| • | To a great extent in time; during a long time. |
| • | At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest. |
| • | Through the whole extent or duration. |
| • | Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone? |
| • | By means of; by the fault of; because of. |
| • | To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. |
| • | To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. |
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