Part 4055

<i>Sandys.</i></def>

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<hw>Ex*pect"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Expectation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ex*pect"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expectabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>That may be expected or looked for.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Expectance, Expectancy</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw><hw>Ex*pect"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*pect"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of expecting ; expectation.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>expectancy</b> and rose of the fair state. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Estate in expectancy</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one.</cd>

<i>Burrill.</i> </cs>

<h1>Expectant</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>expectans</ets>, <ets>exspectans</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>expectare</ets>, <ets>exspectare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>expectant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Waiting in expectation; looking for</def>; <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment.</def>

<cs><col>Expectant estate</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an estate in expectancy. See under <er>Expectancy</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ex*pect"ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>expectant</b> of future glory. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those who had employments, or were <b>expectants</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex`pec*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expectio</ets>. <ets>exspectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>expectation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.</def> "In <i>expectation</i> of a guest."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my <b>expectation</b> is from him. <i>Ps. lxii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expected or looked for.</def>

<blockquote>Why our great <b>expectation</b> should be called The seed of woman. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of c or rank.</def>