单词 | to expect for |
释义 | > as lemmasto expect for 2. intransitive. to expect for: to regard as likely or certain to be forthcoming; to anticipate; = sense 1a. Also with indirect object and infinitive (cf. sense 1c). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] weenOE weenc1000 thinklOE lookc1225 hopec1330 trusta1387 wait onc1390 supposea1393 to wait after ——1393 to look after ——c1400 thinkc1480 attend1483 suppone1490 expect1535 to expect for1538 aspect1548 respect1549 look1560 ween1589 attend1591 propose1594 await1608 to presume on, upon, or of1608 to look forwards1637 prospect1652 to look for ——a1677 augur1678 anticipate1749 to look to ——1782 spect1839 contemplate1841–8 to look forward1848 eye1979 1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 1 I perceyve it nedith not me to expecte for any his better favours, but rather the increace of dayly wronges. 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶ijv A Sophister..made a long..Oration..expecting at the end thereof for some great thanks. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. xv. 270 A peace, for which so many people long, and earnestly expect. 1795 Proc. Old Bailey 16 Sept. 1114/1 You rascal, how can you expect for mercy. 1889 ‘Lady of Louisiana’ Clip her Wing xxii. 290 I told mother ladies like you never smoke, and how could she expect for you to send her any? 1915 A. R. Harding Fur Buyers' Guide v. 78 I don't see how we can expect for anything better. 1995 Peace! Mar. 15/3 Next time out expect for The Roots [sc. a hip-hop group] to flip the script over different beats. < as lemmas |
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