Definition of anticipate

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Anticipate (v. t.) To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To anticipate; to take before.
Inexpectable :: Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated.
Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired..
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..
Foretaste :: Foretaste (v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.
Dreamer :: Dreamer (n.) A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear..
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate..
Anticipated :: Anticipated (imp. & p. p.) of Anticipat.
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.
Anticipator :: Anticipator (n.) One who anticipates.
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 be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
Look :: Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
Divine :: Divine (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
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..
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..
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