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expectancenoun
Anticipation, hope.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Expectance, Expectancynoun
Etymology: from expect.
Every moment is expectancy
Of more arrivance. William Shakespeare, Othello.Satyrs leave your petulance,
Or else rail upon the moon,
Your expectance is too soon;
For before the second cock
Crow, the gates will not unlock. Ben Jonson, Fairy Prince.This blessed expectance must be now my theme. Boyle.
But fy, my wand’ring muse, how thou do’st stay!
Expectance calls thee now another way. John Milton.There is expectance here from both the sides,
What further you will do. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.Oh, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!
The expectancy and rose of the fair state. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Webster Dictionary
Expectancenoun
alt. of Expectancy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of expectance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of expectance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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