expect | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Expect
·noun <<Expectation>>. II. Expect ·vt To wait for; to <<Await>>. III. Expect ·vt To <<Wait>>; to <...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to expect
instead of suspect. To suppose, think, imagine. A very common corruption. In most parts of the worl...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.