Expectant

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  • adjective. Having or marked by expectation.
  • adjective. Pregnant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having expectation; expecting.
  • Looking forward with confidence; assured that a certain future event will occur.
  • In medicine, relating to or employed in the expectant method: as, an expectant medicine.
  • noun. One who expects; one who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by his belief or hope of receiving some good.
  • noun. In Scotland, a candidate for the ministry who has not yet received a license to preach.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
  • adjective. Waiting in expectation; looking for.
  • adjective. an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
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  • adjective. marked by expectation
  • adjective. pregnant
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  • adjective. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  • adjective. marked by eager anticipation
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