anticipative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of anticipative
First recorded in 1655–65; anticipate + -ive
Example Sentences
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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
He understood the uncertainties of this location, and carefully watched the mule's anticipative ears which were symbols of treachery.
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
Jubilation glowed in the witch's glance; anticipative relish of the flavour of triumph lent her voice a shriller note.
From Nobody by W. L. Jacobs
She had traveled with him so long and so doughtily that he had never been able to form any anticipative picture of himself without her.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
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