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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Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London..
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
Shad-waiter :: Shad-waiter (n.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
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.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen..
Mistress :: Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Law-abiding :: Law-abiding (a.) Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people..
Handmaiden :: Handmaiden (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Patience :: Patience (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Ambush.
Saltigradae :: Saltigradae (n. pl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders.
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
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