await
verb
- wait for
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈweɪt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
- A waiting for; ambush.
- Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
“Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte, as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.”
“For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
- To wait for.
“I await your reply to my letter.”
“Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;”
- To expect.
- To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
“Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.”
“Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.”
- To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- To watch, observe.
- To wait; to stay in waiting.
“These are exotic lands where great adventures await.”