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.
The labor which that longeth unto me. Chaucer.