LIN'GER, verb intransitive 1. To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not. 2 Peter 2:3. 2. To hesitate; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense. Perhaps thou lingerest, in deep thought detained. 3. To remain long in any state. The patient lingers on a bed of sickness. LIN'GER, verb transitive To protract.
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