How do you spell Lingered

Available Definitions:
1)  a. - To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
2)  v. t. - To protract; to draw out.
3)  v. t. - To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.