linger

linger is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To protract; to draw out. [Obs.] She lingers my desires. Shak.
  2. 2.To spend or pass in lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. Dryden.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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