Definition of anticipation

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Anticipation (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven..

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Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Anticipation.
Prevenience :: Prevenience (n.) The act of going before; anticipation.
Presume :: Presume (v. i.) To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far..
Anticipative :: Anticipative (a.) Anticipating, or containing anticipation..
Foretaste :: Foretaste (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) Anticipation of objections.
Prevenance :: Prevenance (n.) A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
Prelibation :: Prelibation (n.) A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss..
Aforehand :: Aforehand (adv.) Beforehand; in anticipation.
Presentiment :: Presentiment (n.) Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding..
Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order..
Preconquer :: Preconquer (v. t.) To conquer in anticipation.
Preconform :: Preconform (v. t. & i.) To conform by way anticipation.
Trust :: Trust (n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief..
Beforehand :: Beforehand (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
Rose-colored :: Rose-colored (a.) Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations..
Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Prevention :: Prevention (n.) Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought..
Anticipatory :: Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb..
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