await (intr)

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Hi.

Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.
From the movie "a Monster Calls"

Do you find the intransitive use of the verb "await" unusual?

await​

(əˈweɪt)
vb
1. (tr) to wait for; expect
2. (tr) to be in store for
3. (intr) to wait, esp with expectation
4.
(tr) obsolete to wait for in order to ambush
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
 
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