To watch; be on the watch; lie in wait; look out.
To look forward to something; be in expectation: often with for.
To stay or rest in patience or expectation; remain in a state of quiescence or inaction, as till the arrival of some person or event, or till the proper moment or favorable opportunity for action: often with for.
To remain in readiness to execute orders; be ready to serve; be in waiting; perform the duties of an attendant or a servant; hence, to serve; supply the wants of persons at table.
To look at; look toward.
To lie in wait for.
To expect; look for.
To attend to; perform, as a duty.
To be ready to serve; do the bidding of.
To attend upon as a servant; act as attendant to; be in the service of.
To go to see; call upon; visit; attend.
To escort; accompany; attend; specifically, to attend as bridesmaid or groomsman.
To attend or follow as a consequence; be associated with; accompany.
To observe; examine; take notice of; expect; watch for; look out for.
To plan; scheme; contrive.
To seek.
To stay for; attend; await; expect.
To defer; put off; keep waiting: said of a meal.
To attend upon; accompany; escort.
To follow as a consequence of something; attend upon.
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l. A watchman; a guard; also, a spy.
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One of a body of musicians, especially in the seventeenth century in England.
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An old variety of hautboy or shawm: so called because much used by the waits.
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The act of watching; watchfulness.
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An ambush; a trap; a plot: obsolete except in the phrase to lie in wait.
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The act of waiting: as, a wait for the train at a station.
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Time occupied in waiting; delay; an interval of waiting; specifically, in theatrical language, the time between two acts. Compare stage-wait.