Bible Dictionaries
Linger

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; - with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.

(2):

(v. t.) To protract; to draw out.

(3):

(a.) 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.