Definition for EX-PECT'ANCE, or EX-PECT'AN-CY

EX-PECT'ANCE, or EX-PECT'AN-CY, n.

  1. The act or state of expecting; expectation. Milton. Shak.
  2. Something expected. Shak.
  3. Hope; a looking for with pleasure. Shak.

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