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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119951" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119951" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To wait for; to await. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; - often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To wait for; to await. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; - often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To wait; to stay. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Expectation. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50914" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50914" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:09, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To wait for; to await.
(2): ( v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; - often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
(3): ( v. t.) To wait; to stay.
(4): ( n.) Expectation.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Expect . ‘From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool’ ( Hebrews 10:13 ), that is, waiting. In the Donai Bible the comment on Sir 11:8 is: ‘Expect the end of another man’s speech before you begin to answer. Expect also if anie that is elder, or better able, will answer first.’
