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Prevention :: Prevention (n.) Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought..

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order..

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..

Foretaste :: Foretaste (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

Rose-colored :: Rose-colored (a.) Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations..

Preclude :: Preclude (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil..

Prevenience :: Prevenience (n.) The act of going before; anticipation.

Aforehand :: Aforehand (adv.) Beforehand; in anticipation.

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

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..

Prelibation :: Prelibation (n.) A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss..

Anticipation :: Anticipation (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord..

Prospect :: Prospect (v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state..

Preconquer :: Preconquer (v. t.) To conquer in anticipation.

Anticipative :: Anticipative (a.) Anticipating, or containing anticipation..

Preconform :: Preconform (v. t. & i.) To conform by way anticipation.

Anticipatory :: Anticipatory (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

Antedate :: Antedate (n.) Anticipation.

Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..

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