awaitingn.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile lying in wait
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awaita1387
gatea1400
awatch1519
wait1533
forelaying1600
waylaying1611
c1380 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 101 Delyuer us Fro the aweitingis of the fend.
1552 Godly Prayers in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 249 The deceitful awaiting of the most subtle serpent.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > action or condition of
awaitingc1374
attendancec1386
on-waiting1590
intendence1687
c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 250 Youre awaytinges..Uppon me þat ye callid your mastresse.
c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 101 With a waytyng and wonder besy cure.
3. Waiting, expectation. archaic.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [noun]
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expectation1524
await1538
tarriance1561
tendance1591
expectance1592
expectancy1592
attendance1597
awaiting1607
attendancy1646
waiting1743
sitting out1838
1607 S. Hieron Good Fight in Wks. (1620) I. 220 An intentiue awaiting for the Consolation of Israel.
1868 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Paradiso xxiii. 17 Brief the space..From my awaiting.
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