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    lin·ger
    [ˈliNGɡər]
    verb
    linger (verb) · lingers (third person present) · lingered (past tense) · lingered (past participle) · lingering (present participle)
    1. stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave:
      "she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine" · "she let her eyes linger on him suggestively"
      • (linger over)
        spend a long time over (something):
        "she lingered over her meal"
      • be slow to disappear or die:
        "the tradition seems to linger on" · "we are thankful that she didn't linger on and suffer"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘dwell, abide’): frequentative of obsolete leng ‘prolong’, of Germanic origin; related to German längen ‘make long(er)’, also to long.
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