Definition of anticipate

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

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Prevene :: Prevene (v. t. & i.) To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent..
Anticipator :: Anticipator (n.) One who anticipates.
Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To anticipate; to take before.
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..
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
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..
Inexpectable :: Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated.
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate..
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..
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..
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.
Look :: Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
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..
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired..
Foretaste :: Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
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..
Anticipated :: Anticipated (imp. & p. p.) of Anticipat.
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