Definitions
look forward to the probable occurrence of
Word origin
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
Used in a sentence
“I await your reply to my letter.”
“Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;”
“In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!”
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