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anticipative, a.|ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪv|
[f. L. anticipāt- (see anticipate) + -ive, as if ad. L. *anticipātīvus.]
1. Having the faculty or habit of anticipating.
a1803J. Foster Life & Corr. (1846) I. 188 The mind inspired with this enthusiasm asserts its grandeur. It expands toward eternity, anticipative of its destiny. 1834Lytton Pompeii 276 Anxious, fearful, anticipative, she resolved upon seizing the earliest opportunity.
2. Of the nature of anticipation.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 304 Prophecie being nothing else but an anticipative History. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art 219 Mary Magdalene, with the anticipative glory round her head. |