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Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate..

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

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..

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..

Dream :: Dream (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth..

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

Inexpectable :: Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated.

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..

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

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

Anticipator :: Anticipator (n.) One who anticipates.

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

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

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..

Preventer :: Preventer (n.) One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.

Divine :: Divine (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

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..

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

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

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..

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