What does "linger" mean?
Linger: To protract; to draw out. [Obs.] She lingers my desires. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To spend or pass in lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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