transitive. With that-clause as object: to wish or desire that something will happen. Obsolete.

transitive (impersonal). me (etc.) longs (also longeth): I (you, etc.) have a yearning desire; I (you, etc.) wish earnestly. Usually with after, to…

intransitive. With an adverb or adverbial phrase, with verb of motion implied: to yearn to go. Formerly transitive (impersonal) with person…

transitive. With to-infinitive (formerly also with †at or †for to and infinitive, and occasionally †with bare infinitive): to have a strong desire…

intransitive. To have a yearning desire to do something. Cf. long, v.1 6a.