wait upon
1wait upon — ● wait …
2wait upon — index attend (take care of) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3wait\ upon — • wait (up)on v 1. To serve. Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid. The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon. 2. formal To visit as a courtesy or for business. We waited upon the widow out of respect for her husband. John… …
4wait upon — wait (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To work and care for: attend, do for, minister to, serve. See CARE FOR. 2. To place food before (someone): serve. See INGESTION …
5wait upon — See: WAIT ON …
6wait upon — See: WAIT ON …
7wait upon — phrasal see wait on …
8wait upon — See wait on …
9To wait upon — Wait Wait, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch, attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be awake. [root]134 …
10wait — [wāt] vi. [ME waiten < NormFr waitier < Frank * wahten, to guard, akin to OHG wahta, a guard, watch: for IE base see WAKE1] 1. to stay in a place or remain in readiness or in anticipation (until something expected happens or for someone to… …
