(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
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Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.
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Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.
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1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars: