Definition for LIN'GER-ING

LIN'GER-ING, ppr.

  1. Delaying; loitering.
  2. adj. Drawing out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. – Rambler.

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