Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waited"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wait \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch,
attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a
guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be
awake. [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i.]
1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]

``But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot
right well, I am but dead,'' quoth she. --Chaucer.

2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to
rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
my change come. --Job xiv. 14.

They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.

Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.
--Dryden.


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