Definition of expect

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Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

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Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..
Fortuitous :: Fortuitous (a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass..
Anticipant :: Anticipant (a.) Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant..
Emergency :: Emergency (n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
Expective :: Expective (a.) Expectative.
Inexpected :: Inexpected (a.) Unexpected.
Inopinate :: Inopinate (a.) Not expected or looked for.
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment..
Sputative :: Sputation (n.) The act of spitting; expectoration.
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Expected :: Expected (imp. & p. p.) of Expec.
Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Unfounded :: Unfounded (a.) Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations..
Chance :: Chance (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation..
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand..
Expectancy :: Expectancy (n.) The act of expecting ; expectation.
A-tiptoe :: A-tiptoe (adv.) On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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