Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..

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Awaiting :: Awaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Awai.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Gallivant :: Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Abigail :: Abigail (n.) A lady's waiting-maid.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
Esquire :: Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Anteroom :: Anteroom (n.) A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room..
Waited :: Waited (imp. & p. p.) of Wai.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Forlay :: Forlay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to ambush.
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..
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