[See LONG adv. 9.] That lasts a long time.

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1530.  Palsgr., 317/2. Longe lastyng, perdurable.

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1587.  Golding, De Mornay, xxx. (1617), 483. That when he had giuen his life in sacrifice for sin, he might see a longlasting seede.

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1669.  Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 282. Gather not long-lasting Fruit till after Michaelmas.

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1677.  Gilpin, Demonol. (1867), 217. When their sorrows are long-lasting and deep.

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1886.  C. Scott, Sheep-Farming, 182. Long-lasting storms of frost and snow.

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  Hence Long-lastingness. rare–1.

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1598.  Florio, Longinquita,… length of time, long lastingnes.

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