Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Longing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Longing \Long"ing\, n.
An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest
wish; an aspiration.

Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.
--Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

longing
n : prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: {yearning}]

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