Long \Long\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Longed; p. pr. & vb. n. Longing.]

[AS. langian to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang long. See Long, a.]

1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.

I long to see you. --Rom. i. 11.

I have longed after thy precepts. --Ps. cxix. 40.

I have longed for thy salvation. --Ps. cxix. 174.

Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. --Arbuthnot.

2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]

The labor which that longeth unto me. --Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)