[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wait \wait\, v. i. imp.  p. p. waited; p. pr.  vb. n.
   waiting. oe. waiten, of. waitier, gaitier, to watch,
   attend, f. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. ohg. wahta a
   guard, watch, g. wacht, from ohg. wahh=en to watch, be
   awake. root134. see wake, v. i.
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   1. to watch; to observe; to take notice. obs.
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            "but unless ye wait well and be privy,
            i wot right well, i am but dead," quoth she.
                                                  --chaucer.
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   2. to stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
      stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to
      rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
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            all the days of my appointed time will i wait, till
            my change come.                       --job xiv. 14.
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            they also serve who only stand and wait. --milton.
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            haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.
                                                  --dryden.
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   to wait on or to wait upon.
      a to attend, as a servant; to perform services for; as,
          to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table.
          "authority and reason on her wait." --milton. "i must
          wait on myself, must i?" --shak.
      b to attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for
          ceremony.
      c to follow, as a consequence; to await. "that ruin that
          waits on such a supine temper." --dr. h. more.
      d to look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to
          watch. r. "it is a point of cunning to wait upon him
          with whom you speak with your eye." --bacon.
      e to attend to; to perform. "aaron and his sons . . .
          shall wait on their priest's office." --num. iii. 10.
      f falconry to fly above its master, waiting till game
          is sprung; -- said of a hawk. --encyc. brit.
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see also:
waited waiting wake to wait on to wait upon 

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