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<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.</def>

<h1>Londonize</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lon"don*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To imitate the manner of the people of London.</def>

<h1>Lone</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lane. See <er>Loanin</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lone</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>alone</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; <as>as, a <ex>lone</ex> traveler or watcher</as>.</def>

<blockquote>When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the <b>lone</b> wanderer with my presence cheered. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Queen Elizabeth being a <b>lone</b> woman. <i>Collection of Records (1642).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A hundred mark is a long one for a poor <b>lone</b> woman to bear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; <as>as, a <ex>lone</ex> house</as>.</def> " A <i>lone</i> isle."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>By a <b>lone</b> well a <b>lonelier</b> column rears. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.</def>

<blockquote>Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on <b>lone</b> woods, or empty walls. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loneliness</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being unfrequented by human beings; <as>as, the <ex>loneliness</ex> of a road</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.</def>

<blockquote>I see The mystery of your <b>loneliness</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Solitude; seclusion. See <er>Solitude</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lonely</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lonelier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Loneliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>alonely</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; <as>as, a <ex>lonely</ex> situation; a <ex>lonely</ex> cell.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.</def>

<blockquote>To the misled and <b>lonely</b> traveler. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not frequented by human beings; <as>as, a <ex>lonely</ex> wood</as>.</def>