await : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: await	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for await
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
await v look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" Synonym(s): expect, look, await, wait
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Await \A*wait"\, v. i. 1. To watch. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To wait (on or upon). [Obs.] 3. To wait; to stay in waiting. --Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Await \A*wait"\, n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.