What is to spend or pass in lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden called?
linger — To spend or pass in lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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