Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wait \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch,
   attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a
   guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be
   awake. [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i.]
   1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]

            ``But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot
            right well, I am but dead,'' quoth she. --Chaucer.

   2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
      stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to
      rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

            All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
            my change come.                       --Job xiv. 14.

            They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.

            Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.
                                                  --Dryden.