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expectant

Obsolete a candidate for office, esp for ecclesiastical preferment

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No references found			But it was in an expectant state, for the air was full of rumors of a new duel. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context " The rush of expectant men out of the forecastle, the snatching of hand-spikes, the tramp of feet, the clink of the pawls, make a stirring accompaniment to a plaintive up-anchor song with a roaring chorus; and this burst of noisy activity from a whole ship's crew seems like a voiceful awakening of the ship herself, till then, in the picturesque phrase of Dutch seamen, "lying asleep upon her iron. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context Before it was altogether dark the curious crowd had collected in the street, silent, as a rule, and expectant, with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries. Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context			expansion ratio expansion reamer expansion rollers expansion scab expansion shield expansion sleeve expansion slot expansion strip expansion system expansion tank Expansion Valve expansion wave Expansion, Economic expansion-compression joint expansionism expansive expansive bit Expansive Cement expansive hydraulic cement expansive soil expansive-cement concrete expansivity Expatriation expect expectancy expectant Expectant Treatment expectation expectation value Expectation, Mathematical expected approach clearance time expected utility expected value Expectorant expectorate Expedition of Humphrey Clinker, The Expedition of the Russian Navy to America in 1863–64 Expedition of the Russian Navy to the Bosporus in 1833 Expedition, Scientific Expeditionary Forces expendable pattern expendable rocket expendable vehicle Expenditures, Deferred expense Expensiveness Experience Experiencing experiential experiential-existential group therapy Experiment			Expect Vector to ... Expecta Expecta expectable expectable expectable expectable expectably expectably expectably expectably expectance expectance expectance expectance expectancies expectancies expectancies expectancies expectancy expectancy expectancy expectancy expectancy Expectancy Damages Expectancy Damages Expectancy Damages Expectancy Damages Expectancy of Life Free from Disability Expectancy violations theory expectant Expectant estate Expectant management Expectant Mom expectant mother expectant mother expectant patient expectant treatment expectant treatment expectant treatment expectant treatment expectantly expectantly expectantly expectantly expectants expectants expectants expectants expectare expectation expectation expectation expectation expectation expectation Expectation (mathematics) Expectation (mathematics) Expectation (mathematics) Expectation and Maximization Expectation Management Agreement

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