2. Adjective. Of a woman or female animal, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant. ¹
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Definition of Expecting
1. expect [v] - See also: expect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expecting
Literary usage of Expecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"FANNY was right enough in not expecting to hear from Miss Crawford now, at the
rapid rate in which their correspondence had begun ; Mary's next letter was ..."
2. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"expecting to be called, we turned in early. Waking up about midnight, I found a
man who had just come down from his watch striking a light. ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"AS CAREFUL MERCHANTS DO expecting STAND From * Britannia's Pastorals' As CAREFUL
merchants do expecting stand, After long time and merry gales of wind, ..."
4. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"... but is uniting against us, and the Syracusans are expecting and their another
army from Peloponnesus, it is time that you the enemy ,. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1909)
"RANDOLPH TO THE BOARD OF TRADE, expecting ARREST. Board of Trade, Bermuda, Vol.
III. Bermuda: May ye i6* 1699 May it ..."
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