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verb

Cling v. t. (past & past part. clung, obs. clong; pres. part. clinging)

To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. (Obs.) "I clung legs as close to his side as I could."

To make to dry up or wither. (Obs.) "If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee."

Cling v. i. (past & past part. clung, obs. clong; pres. part. clinging) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; usually followed by to or together. "And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus?"

noun

Cling n. Adherence; attachment; devotion. (R.) "A more tenacious cling to worldly respects."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cling" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the Atlantic, to cite our own faults first, we still cling to the supposed humour of bad spelling. We have, indeed, told ourselves a thousand times over that bad spelling is not funny, but is very tiresome. Yet it is no sooner laid aside and buried than it gets resurrected. I suppose the real reason ...

— My Discovery of England • Stephen Leacock

... people find far greater difficulty in entering the way of faith than the first, for as what they already possess is so great, and so evidently from God, they will not believe that there is anything higher in the Church of God. Therefore they cling to it. ...

— Spiritual Torrents • Jeanne Marie Bouvires de la Mot Guyon

... Crowd Picture will cling close to the streets that are, and the usual Patriotic Picture will but remind us of nationality as it is at present conceived and aflame, and the Religious Picture will for the most part be close to the standard ...

— The Art Of The Moving Picture • Vachel Lindsay

... why thus to my arm dost cling?" "Father, dost thou not see the Erlie-king? The king with his crown and long black train!" "My son, 'tis a streak of the misty ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. • Various

... of Buddhistic tendencies if we say that there appears to us something more amiable in the Dchiahour's misgivings than in the unpitying orthodoxy of his spiritual fathers. Be that as it may, the anecdote shows that the practices of a religion will often cling to a man long after its tenets appear to have been totally eradicated from his mind. We must add, however, that when the day of trial came, Samdadchiemba boldly confessed his faith as a Christian, and even stood a very fair chance of becoming a martyr, in ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 • Various

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