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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Expect  \Ex*pect"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Expected};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Expecting}.]  [L.  expectatum  to  look  out  for  await, 
  expect;  ex  +  out  spectare  to  look  at  See  {Spectacle}.] 
  1.  To  wait  for  to  await.  [Obs.] 
 
  Let's  in  and  there  expect  their  coming.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  look  for  (mentally);  to  look  forward  to  as  to 
  something  that  is  believed  to  be  about  to  happen  or  come 
  to  have  a  previous  apprehension  of  whether  of  good  or 
  evil;  to  look  for  with  some  confidence;  to  anticipate;  -- 
  often  followed  by  an  infinitive,  sometimes  by  a  clause 
  (with,  or  without  that);  as  I  expect  to  receive  wages;  I 
  expect  that  the  troops  will  be  defeated.  ``Good:  I  will 
  expect  you.''  --Shak.  ``Expecting  thy  reply.''  --Shak. 
 
  The  Somersetshire  or  yellow  regiment  .  .  .  was 
  expected  to  arrive  on  the  following  day  --Macaulay. 
 
  Syn:  To  anticipate;  look  for  await;  hope. 
 
  Usage:  To  {Expect},  {Think},  {Believe},  {Await}.  Expect  is  a 
  mental  act  and  has  aways  a  reference  to  the  future,  to 
  some  coming  event;  as  a  person  expects  to  die,  or  he 
  expects  to  survive.  Think  and  believe  have  reference 
  to  the  past  and  present,  as  well  as  to  the  future;  as 
  I  think  the  mail  has  arrived;  I  believe  he  came  home 
  yesterday,  that  he  is  he  is  at  home  now  There  is  a 
  not  uncommon  use  of  expect,  which  is  a  confusion  of 
  the  two  as  I  expect  the  mail  has  arrived;  I  expect 
  he  is  at  home.  This  misuse  should  be  avoided.  Await  is 
  a  physical  or  moral  act  We  await  that  which  when  it 
  comes  will  affect  us  personally.  We  expect  what  may 
  or  may  not  interest  us  personally.  See  {Anticipate}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Expect  \Ex*pect"\,  n. 
  Expectation.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Expect  \Ex*pect"\,  v.  t. 
  To  wait;  to  stay.  [Obs.]  --Sandys. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  expect 
  v  1:  regard  something  as  probable  or  likely;  "The  meteorologists 
  are  expecting  rain  for  tomorrow"  [syn:  {anticipate}] 
  2:  consider  obligatory;  request  and  expect;  "We  require  our 
  secretary  to  be  on  time";  "Aren't  we  asking  too  much  of 
  these  children?"  "I  expect  my  students  to  arrive  in  time 
  for  their  lessons"  [syn:  {ask},  {require}] 
  3:  look  forward  to  the  probably  occurrence  of:  "We  were 
  expecting  a  visit  from  our  relatives";  "She  is  looking  to 
  a  promotion";  "he  is  waiting  to  be  drafted"  [syn:  {look}, 
  {await},  {wait}] 
  4:  consider  reasonable  or  due;  "I'm  expecting  a  full 
  explanation  as  to  why  these  files  were  destroyed" 
  5:  be  pregnant  with  "She  is  bearing  his  child";  "The  are 
  expecting  another  child  in  January"  [syn:  {bear},  {carry}, 
  {gestate}] 
  6:  look  forward  to  the  birth  of  a  child;  "She  is  expecting  in 
  March" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  expect 
 
    A  {Unix}  tool  written  in  {Tcl}  and  a  {script 
  language}  for  automating  the  operation  of  {interactive} 
  applications  such  as  {telnet},  {FTP},  {passwd},  {fsck}, 
  {rlogin},  {tip},  etc..  Expect  can  feed  input  to  other 
  programs  and  perform  {pattern  matching}  on  their  output.  It 
  is  also  useful  for  testing  these  applications.  By  adding 
  {Tk},  you  can  also  wrap  interactive  applications  in  {X11} 
  {GUI}s. 
 
  {Home  (http://expect.nist.gov/)}. 
 
  ["expect:  Scripts  for  Controlling  Interactive  Tasks",  Don 
  Libes,  Comp  Sys  4(2),  U  Cal  Press  Journals,  Nov  1991]. 
 
  (1997-06-09)




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