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anticipate
verb
(
anticipat, ing
)
(
transitive
) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action
To and prevent the duke's purpose.
--R. Hall.
He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been
anticipated
by the populace.
--Macaulay.
to take up or introduce (something) prematurely
The advocate plans to a part of her argument.
to know of (something) before it manifests
to the pleasures of a visit
to the evils of life
Please a journey of an hour from your house to the airport
Translations:
Italian: prevedere
German: voraussehen, vorausahnen
Etymology:
Latin
anticipatus
, perfect passive participle of
anticipare
, ; from
ante
,
before
, +
capere
,
take
. See Capable.
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