Word Meanings - OVERLINGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To cause to linger; to detain too long. Fuller.

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• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• LINGERING
  1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.
• FULLER
  One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
• DETAINMENT
  Detention. Blackstone.
• LINGERER
  One who lingers. Guardian.
• LINGER
  To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
• CAUSERIE
  Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
• LINGERINGLY
  With delay; slowly; tediously.
• CAUSER
  One who or that which causes.
• DETAINER
  1. One who detains. The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• CAUSELESS
  1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
• DETAINDER
  A writ. See Detinue.
• CAUSE
  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
• CAUSEWAY; CAUSEY
  A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. (more
• LINGERIE
  Linen goods collectively; linen underwear, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women.
• DETAIN
  1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for
• CAUSELESSNESS
  The state of being causeless.
• CAUSEUSE
  A kind of sofa for two person. A tête-a-tête.
• OVERLINGER
  To cause to linger; to detain too long. Fuller.
• UNCAUSED
  Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
• MALINGERER
  In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.
• MALINGERY
  The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
• BECAUSE
  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these
• CONCAUSE
  A joint cause. Fotherby.