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Await   /əwˈeɪt/   Listen
verb
Await  v. t.  (past & past part. awaited; pres. part. awaiting)  
1.
To watch for; to look out for. (Obs.)
2.
To wait on, serve, or attend. (Obs.)
3.
To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect. "Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night."
4.
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good. "O Eve, some farther change awaits us night."


Await  v. i.  
1.
To watch. (Obs.)
2.
To wait (on or upon). (Obs.)
3.
To wait; to stay in waiting.


noun
Await  n.  A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. (Obs.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Await" Quotes from Famous Books



... Grimes' Battery from El Poso. The Gatling Gun Detachment was to move at daylight on the morning of July 1st, take position at El Poso sheltered by the hill, in support of Grimes' Battery, and there await orders. ...
— The Gatlings at Santiago • John H. Parker
... sloop. Nothing now remained but for those who were able to get away in the other craft, which was all that was now left of the little fleet. This did Blackbeard with some forty of his favorites. The rest of the pirates were left on the sand spit to await the return of their companions—which ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard Pyle
... went into the parlour, settled herself in the old carved chair, and folded her hands. Peggy and I sat down on the stairs to await his coming in a crisping suspense. Aunt Olivia's kitten, a fat, bewhiskered creature, looking as if it were cut out of black velvet, shared our vigil and purred in ...
— Chronicles of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... line of breakers, and beyond all was black. We waited anxiously in that position, and drew steadily nearer. It was evident that the athaleb was desirous of reaching that shore, and we could do nothing but await ...
— A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder • James De Mille
... looked upon the face of the bride he said: "Let a grave be dug; and let the washers prepare her for the tomb. And then let her be reclad in her marriage vestments. I will go to the graveyard and await her coming." ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill


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