a 1 w 4 a 1 i 1 t 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb look forward to the probable occurrence of
originFrom Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
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