す verb - precursor to the modern する, intransitive verb

  1. to expect, to hope for, to look forward to, to foresee, to anticipate.
  2. to resolve (to do), to decide upon, to prepare for, to promise, to pledge.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
期す ごす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

period, time, date
キ ゴ (3rd, N3)
that
キ ゴ それ (Kentei Pre-1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)