Expect

eks-pekt', v. To wait for, await; to look forward to, anticipate, think, believe. [L. expect are, or exspectare, -tatum, to expect, ex and spectare, to look a f specere, to look.] — Expect 'able, a. — Expect'ance, -ancy, -an-sT, n. Act or state of, etc.; thing expected. — Expect'ant, a. Having an attitude of expectation waiting; looking for; in medicine, waiting for the efforts of nature. — n. One who waits in expectation. — Expect a'tion, Act or state of expecting; state of being expected; thing expected; ground of expecting; reason for anticipating future benefits; value of any prospect depending upon the happening of some uncertain event. (Med.) The leaving of a disease to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. — Expect'er, n.