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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Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Salver :: Salver (n.) A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for..
Tend :: Tend (v. i.) To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Footman :: Footman (n.) A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc..
Queue :: Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
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..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
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..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting..
Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise..
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait..
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) The twaite.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Valet :: Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
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