Expect
Expect , transitive verb
[Latin expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See Spectacle.]
1.
To wait for; to await. [Obsolete]
Let's in, and there expect their coming.
2.
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.
Good: I will expect you.
Expecting thy reply.
The Somersetshire or yellow regiment... was expected to arrive on the following day.
Expect , transitive verb
To wait; to stay. [Obsolete] — Sandys
Expect , noun
Expectation. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare