Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.

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Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
Waiting :: Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Gallivant :: Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan..
Forlay :: Forlay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to ambush.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment..
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Till :: Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week..
Expectant :: Expectant (n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking fo.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Ambush.
Waiter :: Waiter (n.) One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table..
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