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awaiter

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a⋅wait

  [uh-weyt]
Use awaiter in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1200–50; ME awaiten < ONF awaitier, equiv. to a- a- 5 + waitier to wait

Related forms:
a⋅wait⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See expect.
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Word Origin & History

await 
c.1230, awaiten, from O.N.Fr. awaitier "to lie in wait for, watch, observe," from a- "to" + waitier "to watch." Originally especially with a hostile sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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