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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Await \A*wait"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awaited}; p. pr & vb n.
{Awaiting}.] [OF. awaitier agaitier ? (L. ad) + waitier
gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See {Wait}.]
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. --Milton.
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.
--Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
awaited
adj : expected hopefully [syn: {anticipated}, {awaited(p)}, {hoped-for}]
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