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Definition of Expectance
1. n. The act of expecting ; expectation.
Definition of Expectance
1. Noun. Anticipation, hope. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of expectancy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expectance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectance
Literary usage of Expectance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"Little expectance of the Felons being retaken; and it began to be a prevailing
Opinion among a great many, that it would be as well to have them lost as ..."
2. Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Fanny Burney, Charlotte Barrett (1854)
"her resentment, the public nature of her connexion considered, which does not
warrant the expectance of the same pure fidelity a chosen wife might look for. ..."
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