v. t.
Let's in, and there expect their coming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. Macaulay.
n. Expectation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To wait; to stay. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. expectabilis. ] That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne.
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estate in expectancy (Law),
a. [ L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant. ] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expectant estate (Law),
n. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. [ 1913 Webster ]
An expectant of future glory. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F. expectation. ]
My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. Ps. lxii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why our great expectation should be called
The seed of woman. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
His magnificent expectations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best match in Europe. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
By all men's eyes a youth of expectation. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expectation of life,
a. [ Cf. F. expectatif. ] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expectative grace,
n. [ F. expectative, fr. expectatif expectant. ] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]