To wait is defined as to stay or remain in one place until something happens.
(verb)See wait in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME waiten < NormFr waitier < Frank *wahten, to guard, akin to OHG wahta, a guard, watch: for IE base see wake
transitive verb
noun
See wait in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb wait·ed, wait·ing, waits verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English waiten
Origin: , from Old North French waitier, to watch
Origin: , of Germanic origin; see weg- in Indo-European roots
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