Expect

eks pekf, v. t. To wait for, await; to look forward to, anticipate, think, believe. — Expect'ance, -ancy, -an-sl, 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. — Expectation,;;. 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.