anticipative

American  

[an-tis-uh-pey-tiv, -puh-tiv] / ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪ tɪv, -pə tɪv /

adjective

1. anticipating or tending to anticipate; expressing, revealing, or containing anticipation.

   an anticipative action; an anticipative look.

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Other Word Forms

• anticipatively adverb
• nonanticipative adjective
• nonanticipatively adverb
• unanticipative adjective

Etymology

Origin of anticipative

First recorded in 1655–65; anticipate + -ive

Example Sentences

Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cry of the angel, announcing her fall, as Mr. Elliot remarks, seems to be anticipative, and not retrospective.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

A good hard gallop would have cured her anticipative homesickness, for it must be a very black care indeed that keeps its seat behind the rider.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

There was a note of anticipative defiance in the young voice as she spoke.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)