await

verb

/əˈweɪt/UK

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.

derived from awaitier
derived from awaiten

Definitions

1
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.
3
To be in store for
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.
- O Eve, some further change awaits us nigh.
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1. To serve or attend
  To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
2. To watch, observe.
3. 6
  To wait
  To wait; to stay in waiting.
  - These are exotic lands where great adventures await.
4. A waiting for
  A waiting for; ambush.
5. 8
  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 […]

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Derived

awaitable, awaiter, awaitment, reawait

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at await. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at await. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at await

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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