2. To a great extent in time; during a long time.

They that tarry long at the wine.

Prov. xxiii. 30.

When the trumpet soundeth long.

Ex. xix. 13.

3. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as,

not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome;

long after the Conquest.

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