In senses 3 4 the phrases to wait attendance (obsolete), to dance attendance, occur= ‘to attend’; the latter usually with some shade of sarcasm…
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > on a superior (3) to dance attendance1555 In senses 3 4 the phrases to wait attendance (obsolete), to dance attendance, occur= ‘to attend’; the latter usually with some shade of sarcasm… to wait attendancea1593 quasi-trans. to wait attendance: to remain in attendance. Obsolete. antechamber1884 intransitive. To wait in or as if in an antechamber. Hence: to spend time trying to win favour from an influential person. |
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