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View synonyms for anticipant

anticipant

[ an-tis-uh-puhnt ]

adjective

  1. anticipative (usually followed by of ):

    We were eagerly anticipant of her arrival.



noun

  1. a person who anticipates.

anticipant

/ ænˈtɪsɪpənt /

adjective

  1. operating in advance; expectant; anticipating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who anticipates; anticipator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anticipant1

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
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Example Sentences

By its simplicity and anticipant wisdom, however, the Constitution has thus far proven impregnable to assault, ignorance, and apathy.

He said "Now" with a little sucking in of breath and a thin anticipant smile and spun on his heel.

I saw that its thin oval had rounded, the cheeks gained a faint color; animation was in every feature, life anticipant in the eyes.

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.

O meek anticipant of that sure pain Whose sureness gray-hair'd scholars hardly learn!

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