Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..

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Duenna :: Duenna (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
Expectant :: Expectant (n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
Shad :: Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species..
Look :: Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
Shad-waiter :: Shad-waiter (n.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Servifor :: Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities..
Page :: Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body..
Esquire :: Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand..
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
Landwaiter :: Landwaiter (n.) See Landing waiter, under Landing, a..
Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
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