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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
await
    v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were
         expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a
         promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect,
         look, await, wait]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Await \A*wait"\, v. i.
   1. To watch. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To wait (on or upon). [Obs.]
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   3. To wait; to stay in waiting. --Darwin.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Await \A*wait"\, n.
   A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Await \A*wait"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Awaiting.] [OF. awaitier, agaitier; ? (L. ad) + waitier,
   gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait.]
   1. To watch for; to look out for. [Obs.]
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   2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]
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   3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
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            Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat,
            Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night.
                                                  --Milton.
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   4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a
      glorious reward awaits the good.
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            O Eve, some farther change awaits us night.
                                                  --Milton.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
AWAIT, crim. law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait,
or way-laying.



Thesaurus Results for AWAIT:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abide, anticipate, approach, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be in store, be to be, be to come, bide, bide the issue, brew, come, come on, confront, count, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, expect, face, foresee, foretell, forthcome, gather, hang about, hang around, hang over, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, hope, hover, impend, lie ahead, lie over, linger, loiter, look, look for, look forward to, loom, lower, mark time, menace, near, overhang, plan, plot, predict, project, prophesy, sit tight, sit up, sit up for, stay, stay up, stay up for, stick around, sweat, sweat it out, sweat out, take time, tarry, threaten, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wait for, wait on, wait up for, watch, watch and wait
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