Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.

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Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand..
Shad :: Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species..
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..
Valet :: Valet (n.) A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
Waited :: Waited (imp. & p. p.) of Wai.
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Ambush.
Waiting :: Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting..
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking fo.
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart..
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