[f. EXPECT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXPECT; expectation. Now only gerundial.

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1606.  Drumm. of Hawth., Lett., Wks. 232. After many reports and long expecting, the king of Denmark is coming hither.

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1617.  Hieron, Wks., II. 296. Sometimes, some vnseasonablenesse of the yeere frustrates his expecting.

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