Expect

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Expectation.

II. Expect ·vt To wait for; to Await.

III. Expect ·vt To Wait; to Stay.

IV. Expect ·vt 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.

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