- (v.t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
- (v.i.) Ambush.
- (v.i.) One who watches; a watchman.
- (v.t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- (v.i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
- (v.i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
- (v.i.) Hautboys or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
- (v.i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.
- (v.i.) 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.
- (v.t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
- (v.t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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