Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.

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Wait :: Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Pay :: Pay (v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays..
Waiter :: Waiter (n.) One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table..
Tend :: Tend (v. i.) To await; to expect.
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..
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.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Thole :: Thole (v. i.) To wait.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Forlay :: Forlay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to ambush.
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Waiting :: Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v..
See :: See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars..
Wonder :: Wonder (v. i.) To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came..
Wait :: 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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