Definitions
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- verb archaic
second person singular form ofawait .
Etymologies
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await + -est
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Examples
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Thus ought prayer to be made, if thou wishest to have that which thou awaitest.
Letters of Catherine Benincasa of Siena Catherine 1363
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What awaitest thou here, now that thou hast supped? '
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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