Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect..

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Law-abiding :: Law-abiding (a.) Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people..
Attend :: Attend (v. i.) To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon..
Gallivant :: Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan..
Waiting :: Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Valet :: Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
Landwaiter :: Landwaiter (n.) See Landing waiter, under Landing, a..
Expectancy :: Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope..
Counterwait :: Counterwait (v. t.) To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.
Thole :: Thole (v. i.) To wait.
Engineman :: Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine..
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Lander :: Lander (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking fo.
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..
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
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