Expecting vbl. sb.

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

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

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