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halfexpect

verb

Etymology

From half- + expect.

  1. borrowed from expectāre
  2. prefixed as halfexpect — “half + expect”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of half-expect.

    • When he held Judah's arm or touched his shoulder he felt the knob of bone and halfexpected the creak of an old door when Judah stepped or reached.

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