en attendantadv.

Etymology: < French.

In the meantime, while (one is) waiting.

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1743 H. Walpole Let. 12 Oct. (1903) I. 389 I hope in time to have poems upon him... En attendant, I have sent you some pamphlets to amuse your solitude.

1793 E. Gibbon Let. 25 Nov. (1956) III. 365 Leave to go abroad to-morrow and to go out of town when I please en attendant the future measures of a radical cure.

1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. xii. 356 En attendant. Here are your two hundred guineas.

1931 Notes & Queries CLXI. 73/2 We are still waiting..for his work to be accessible in English. They [sc. our readers] may, en attendant, like to know of an article..in the current number of the Dublin Review.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	en attendant
释义	en attendantadv. Etymology: < French. In the meantime, while (one is) waiting. ΚΠ 1743 H. Walpole Let. 12 Oct. (1903) I. 389 I hope in time to have poems upon him... En attendant, I have sent you some pamphlets to amuse your solitude. 1793 E. Gibbon Let. 25 Nov. (1956) III. 365 Leave to go abroad to-morrow and to go out of town when I please en attendant the future measures of a radical cure. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. xii. 356 En attendant. Here are your two hundred guineas. 1931 Notes & Queries CLXI. 73/2 We are still waiting..for his work to be accessible in English. They [sc. our readers] may, en attendant, like to know of an article..in the current number of the Dublin Review. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.1743
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