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Webster 1913 Edition
Anticipative
An-tic′i-pa-tive
(ănˊtĭs′ĭ-pā̍-tĭv)
, Adj.
Anticipating, or containing anticipation.
“Anticipative of the feast to come.” Cary.
– An-tic′i-pa-tive-ly
, adv.
Definition 2024
anticipative
anticipative
English
Adjective
anticipative (comparative more anticipative, superlative most anticipative)
- Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
- "... protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged ..." (Charles Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby).