Definition of anticipate

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Anticipate (v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Dream :: Dream (n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
Inexpectable :: Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired..
Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..
Dreamer :: Dreamer (n.) A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer..
Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To anticipate; to take before.
Divine :: Divine (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
Preventer :: Preventer (n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.
Discount :: Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
Forego :: Forego (v. t.) To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated..
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
Anticipator :: Anticipator (n.) One who anticipates.
Prevene :: Prevene (v. t. & i.) To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent..
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life..
Obviate :: Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going..
Foretaste :: Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
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