Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Expect \Ex*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expected}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Expecting}.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await,
   expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See {Spectacle}.]
   1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.]

            Let's in, and there expect their coming. --Shak.

   2. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to
      something that is believed to be about to happen or come;
      to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or
      evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; --
      often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause
      (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I
      expect that the troops will be defeated. ``Good: I will
      expect you.'' --Shak. ``Expecting thy reply.'' --Shak.

            The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was
            expected to arrive on the following day. --Macaulay.

   Syn: To anticipate; look for; await; hope.

   Usage: To {Expect}, {Think}, {Believe}, {Await}. Expect is a
          mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to
          some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he
          expects to survive. Think and believe have reference
          to the past and present, as well as to the future; as
          I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home
          yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a
          not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of
          the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect
          he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is
          a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it
          comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may,
          or may not, interest us personally. See {Anticipate}.

Expect \Ex*pect"\, n.
   Expectation. [Obs.] --Shak.

Expect \Ex*pect"\, v. t.
   To wait; to stay. [Obs.] --Sandys.

Source : WordNet®

expect
     v 1: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists
          are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: {anticipate}]
     2: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our
        secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of
        these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time
        for their lessons" [syn: {ask}, {require}]
     3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were
        expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to
        a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: {look},
        {await}, {wait}]
     4: consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full
        explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
     5: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
        expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
        child" [syn: {have a bun in the oven}, {bear}, {carry}, {gestate}]
     6: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in
        March"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

expect
     
         A {Unix} tool written in {Tcl} and a {script
        language} for automating the operation of {interactive}
        applications such as {telnet}, {FTP}, {passwd}, {fsck},
        {rlogin}, {tip}, etc..  Expect can feed input to other
        programs and perform {pattern matching} on their output.  It
        is also useful for testing these applications.  By adding
        {Tk}, you can also wrap interactive applications in {X11}
        {GUI}s.
     
        {Home (http://expect.nist.gov/)}.
     
        ["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don
        Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991].
     
        (1997-06-09)