waiting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WAITING, participle present tense Staying in expectation. WAITING on, attending; accompanying; serving. WAITING for, staying for the arrival of. WAITING at, staying or attending at in expectation or in service. In waiting in attendance.
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