Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

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Awaited :: Awaited (imp. & p. p.) of Awai.
Page :: Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body..
Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
Handmaiden :: Handmaiden (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Groom :: Groom (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable..
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
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..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Waiting :: Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v..
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Engineman :: Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine..
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait for; to await.
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