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Webster 1913 Edition
Sojourn
So′journ
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sojourned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sojourning
.] [OE.
sojornen
, sojournen
, OF. sojorner
, sejorner
, F. séjourner
, fr. L. sub
under, about + diurnus
belonging to the day. See Journal
, Diurnal
.] To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn
there. Gen. xii. 30.
Home he goeth, he might not longer
sojourn
. Chaucer.
The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there
sojourned
three days. Hayward.
So′journ
,Noun.
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Though long detained
In that obscure
In that obscure
sojourn
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sojourn
SOJOURN
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
sojourn
sojourn
English
Noun
sojourn (plural sojourns)
- A short stay somewhere.
- 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
- The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues […]
- 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
- A temporary residence.
- Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn. — Milton.
Translations
A short stay somewhere
A temporary residence
Verb
sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)
- (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
- Bible, Genesis xii. 30
- Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
- Hayward
- The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.
- Bible, Genesis xii. 30
Translations
Stay temporarily
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