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Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired..

Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument..

Look :: Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.

Prevene :: Prevene (v. t. & i.) To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent..

Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Augur :: Augur (v. i.) To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill..

Foretaste :: Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.

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.

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

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..

Forethink :: Forethink (v. t.) To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate.

Discount :: Discount (v.) To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.

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..

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets..

Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.

Anticipated :: Anticipated (imp. & p. p.) of Anticipat.

Sane :: Sane (a.) Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.

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