anticipative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of anticipative
First recorded in 1655–65; anticipate + -ive
Example Sentences
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The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Time Magazine Archive
How does the reader show that ll. 7-12 are merely anticipative?
From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty
X 151 note 1.63.On the anticipative construct, see § 138 of the grammar.64.nu-mal are uncertain.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
Meanwhile complacent Partlet sits and broods, Blandly anticipative.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various
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