Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Man :: Man (v. t.) To wait on as a manservant.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) The twaite.
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Remain :: Remain (v. t.) To await; to be left to.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
Gallant :: Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
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..
Engineman :: Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine..
Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Duenna :: Duenna (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
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