Sekirov Dictionary

await

/əˈweɪt/

verb 6
noun 2
forms 5

verb6

•
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.
•
To wait; to stay in waiting.
- These are exotic lands where great adventures await.
•
(formal) To wait for.
- I await your reply to my letter.
To expect.
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
To watch, observe.

noun2

(no longer used) A waiting for; ambush.
•
(no longer used) 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. — 1889

forms

awaited · awaiting · awaiteth · awaits · awaitest

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