(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:56:45

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.

 

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