Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - await

 verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French aweiter, aguaiter, from a- (from Latin ad-) + guaiter to watch — more at wait  Date: 13th century  transitive verb  1. obsolete to lie in wait for  2.  a. to wait for ~ing his arrival  b. to remain in abeyance until a treaty ~ing ratification  3. to be in store for wonders what ~s him next  intransitive verb  1. obsolete attend  2. to stay or be in waiting ; wait  3. to be in store