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Await

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A waiting for; ambush. obsolete
  2. 2
    Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation. obsolete

    "Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte, as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred."

Verb
  1. 1
    To wait for. formal, transitive

    "I await your reply to my letter."

  2. 2
    look forward to the probable occurrence of wordnet
  3. 3
    To expect. transitive
  4. 4
    To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for. transitive

    "Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell."

  5. 5
    To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon. intransitive, transitive
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  1. 6
    To watch, observe. intransitive
  2. 7
    To wait; to stay in waiting. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

Etymology 2

From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.

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