To desire or wish for earnestly; to wish for eagerly.
To a great length or extent; not for a short time; throughout, as all his life long.
Not short; drawn out in length or time; continued, as in time or sound; extending far in space or prospect.
The peculiar attractive and repulsive power of the natural magnet or loadstone; the peculiar property or power possessed by many mineral bodies, by which, under certain circumstances, they attract and repel one another according to determinate laws; the cause of the attractive power of the magnet; the science which investigates the phenomena and laws of the attractive power of the magnet, and other bodies in a magnetic state. ...
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