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verb (used with object)
1.
to wait for; expect; look for: He is still awaiting an answer.
2.
to be in store for; be imminent: A pleasant surprise awaits her in today's mail.
3.
Obsolete. to lie in wait for.
verb (used without object)
4.
to wait, as in expectation.
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await
early 13c., awaiten, from O.N.Fr. awaitier (O.Fr. agaitier) "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" + waitier "to watch." Originally especially with a hostile sense.
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