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Webster 1913 Edition


Livelong

Live′longˊ

,
Adj.
[For
lifelong
. Cf.
Lifelong
.]
1.
Whole; entire; long in passing; – used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
The obscure bird
Clamored the
livelong
night.
Shakespeare
How could she sit the
livelong
day,
Yet never ask us once to play?
Swift.
2.
Lasting; durable.
[Obs.]
Thou hast built thyself a
livelong
monument.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Livelong

LIVELONG

,
Adj.
liv'long. [live and long.]
1.
Long in passing.
How could she sit the livelong day, yet never ask us once to play?
2.
Lasting; durable; as a livelong monument. [Not used.]
3.
A plant of the genus Sedum.