Obs. Also 6 expeccion. [erron. f. EXPECT, after apparent analogy of inspect, inspection.] = EXPECTATION.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 520/1. There is … nowe lefte vs … a terryble expeccion and lookyng for of iudgement.
1568. C. Watson, Polyb., 85. Acquiting him self very wel of the expection which the people conceiued of him.
1640. Nabbes, Bride, B ij/2. Shee makes my patience tyre With so much expection.
1658. W. Burton, Itin. Anton., 136. So impatient was his expection.
