anticipant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of anticipant
1620–30; < Latin anticipant- (stem of anticipāns, present participle of anticipāre ) taking before, equivalent to anti- (variant of ante- ante- ) + -cip- (combining form of capere to take) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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The bride, seeing these two dying animals, and hearing the cries of anticipant ravens in the empty heavens, runs for home and father.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw that its thin oval had rounded, the cheeks gained a faint color; animation was in every feature, life anticipant in the eyes.
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
It was mounted on the box seats very high up, where it looked conspicuously happy, and sounded a little hysterical; and it was packed, tight and warm and anticipant into every available seat.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Motion stirred there; the pair of them laughed like anticipant children when two wide-winged moths swam into sight and floated toward them, eyes glowing like veiled emeralds.
From Pet Farm by Roger D. Aycock
His gaze troubled her, and when he withdrew his eyes she looked at him, anticipant and fearing.
From Spring Days by George (George Augustus) Moore
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