To wait for, await. Now only in the phrase, to bide one's time: to await one's opportunity.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)] (42) bidec950 To wait for, await. Now only in the phrase, to bide one's time: to await one's opportunity. keepc1000 To watch for, wait for, await (a coming event or person). Obsolete. abideOE Now rare and archaic. transitive. Of a person: to wait for, await; to remain ready for, watch for, expect. i-kepe?c1225 transitive. To keep, receive, observe. (In quots. the sense is that of keep, v. 5 6c, to watch for, wait for, intercept, ward off.) lookc1225 To expect, anticipate. transitive. With indirect question as object: to expect, await the time when; to anticipate learning how, whether, etc. Obs… bidea1300 Const. for, to; on, upon (northern). Obsolete. sustainc1350 transitive. To wait patiently for. Obsolete. await1393 To wait for (a coming event or person). transitive. (This and 8a are the only current senses.) remainc1455 intransitive. Scottish. With on or upon. To wait for, await. Obsolete. tarry?a1475 transitive. To wait for, wait in expectation of; to await, expect; †to stay for (a meal). †tarry out, to stay till the end of. to tarrya person's le… attenda1513 transitive. To look out for, wait for, await. a future time, event, result, decision, etc. archaic. expect1536 transitive. To wait for, await; to bide time or defer action until (a particular event or moment). Obsolete. to stay on1540 to stay on v.,to stay upon v. To wait for (a person); to await, await the issue of (an event, circumstance); to attend on, be subject to (a… watch1578 To be on the alert to avail oneself of (opportunities, advantages); to be vigilant to choose (one's time for action); †to look out for, wait… remain1585 transitive. To wait for (something). Obsolete. rare. staya1586 transitive. To wait for, await (a person, his coming, an event, etc.); to wait upon, serve (a person's leisure); to abide, sustain (a question… to stay for ——1602 to stay for —— v. To wait or tarry for (a person or thing) before doing or beginning to do something. Sometimes contextually, to be compelled to wait… tend1604 transitive †To wait for, await; to look out for expectantly; = attend, v. 13; also, to watch, observe (obsolete); in dialect use, to watch for and… to bide upona1616 to bide by (rarely at): to stand firm by, adhere to, stick to, maintain. †to bide upon: to dwell or insist upon (a point). Obsolete. behold1642 transitive. To look upon, view, consider as (something); to consider or hold in a certain capacity. prestolate1653 transitive. To await. expecta1664 transitive. With out: to wait for. Obsolete. rare. wait1746 transitive. To look forward (esp. with desire or apprehension) to (some future event or contingency); to continue in expectation of. Now somewhat rare… Subcategories:— anxiously (2) — in an antechamber (1) — while remaining still (3) — an issue (1) — an event or opportunity (5) — and accost (1) — under compulsion (1) — endure (1) — another's leisure (1) — put on waiting list (1) — postpone a meal (1) — implying threat (1) |
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