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longevity


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Longevity  \Lon*gev"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  longaevitas  See  {Longevous}.] 
  Long  duration  of  life;  length  of  life. 
 
  The  instances  of  longevity  are  chiefly  amongst  the 
  abstemious.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  longevity 
  n  1:  duration  of  service:  "her  longevity  as  a  star";  "had  unusual 
  longevity  in  the  company"  [syn:  {length  of  service}] 
  2:  the  property  of  being  long-lived  [syn:  {seniority}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  LONGEVITY,  n.  Uncommon  extension  of  the  fear  of  death. 
 
 




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