Found 2 items, similar to expectant.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: expectant
expectant
adj 1: marked by eager anticipation;
“an expectant hush” [syn:
anticipant,
anticipative]
2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy;
“was big with child”;
“was great with child” [syn:
big(p),
enceinte,
gravid,
great(p),
large(p),
heavy(p),
with child(p)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Expectant
Expectant
\Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
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Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under
Expectancy.
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Expectant
\Ex*pect"ant\, n.
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
of receiving some good.
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An expectant of future glory. --South.
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Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
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