lingerest

Verb

linger (third-person singular simple present lingers, present participle lingering, simple past and past participle lingered)

1. (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
   • Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger herec. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   abide, loiter, tarry, eld, retard, stay, wait

2. (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
   • He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 14, in The Woodlanders
3. (idiomatic, intransitive, often) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
   • Trump doesn't linger on the poll.2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, “Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2011

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