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forlong en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English forlangen, equivalent to for- + long. Cognate with Middle High German verlangen.

Meanings

1. To fill with longing.
   • Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...] 2005, Swede Hastings, Creeping Shadows:
   • And then after, forlonged, forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor. 2009, Carol Gilligan, Kyra:

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forlong en · NOUN · etymology 2

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1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of furlong.
   alt of furlong
   • Besides, he divided all the road into miles, of near eight forlongs each, and set up pillars of stone to mark the divisions. 1881, Plutarchus, Plutarch's Lives, tr., with notes and a mem. by J. and W. Langhorne:
   • Again, Oh read ouer D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy work, is: Printed oner sea, in Europe, within two forlongs of a Bouncing Priest, at the Cost and Charges of Martin Marprelate, Gent, 1589. 1857, Robert Conger Pell, Milledulcia:
   • A parcel of land in 'Wodeforlonge' containing 1 acre lying in the upper forlong of that field between land of the prioress called 'Candalescroftes' sometime of Robert Adelm* and land sometime of William Barnevyle and extending lengthwise from land called the 'Menecroft' to land of said William towards Lyddynges water. 1971, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of the Close Rolls ...: Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume 44, page 295:

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