linger (v.) Old form(s): lingred
prolong, draw out, extend
Oth IV.ii.224[Iago to Roderigo, of Othello] he goes into Mauritania ... unless his abode be lingered here by some accident
R2 II.ii.72[Queen Isabel to Bushy, of hope] He is ... a keeper-back of death / Who gently would dissolve the bands of life / Which false hope lingers in extremity
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