expecter

[ Eng.expect; -er.] A. Ordinary Language : 1. One who waits for another. "Signify this loving interview To the expecters of our Trojan part." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , iv. 5. 2. One who looks forward to or expects anything; an expectant. B. Ch. Hist.: A number of scattered individuals in the seventeenth century, who believed that none of the numerous churches then existing was the true one, and waited in expectation of its ultimate appearance. ěx-pěct-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [EXPECT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of looking forward to or anticipating anything; expectation. ex-pect-ing-lỹ, adv . [Eng. expecting; -ly.] With expectation; in an expectant manner. "Prepared for fight, expectingly he lies." Dryden: Juvenal , sat. vi. *ex-pěct-lě e, adv . [Eng. expect ; -le e =le .] Unexpectedly.