anticipativeadj.
1. Having the faculty or habit of anticipating.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective]
expectanta1425
prevenient1765
anticipative1797
anticipant1798
contemplative1816
tense1821
prospective1850
at wait1873
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 188 The mind inspired with this enthusiasm asserts its grandeur. It expands toward eternity, anticipative of its destiny.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii 276 Anxious, fearful, anticipative, she resolved upon seizing the earliest opportunity.
2. Of the nature of anticipation.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > anticipating or forestalling
lurching1577
anticipating1611
anticipanta1631
anticipative1664
anticipatory1669
forecoming1860
proactive1951
pre-empting1965
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 304 Prophecie being nothing else but an anticipative History.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art 219 Mary Magdalene, with the anticipative glory round her head.
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