anticipative

[an-tis-uh-pey-tiv, -puh-tiv]

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adjective

anticipating or tending to anticipate; expressing, revealing, or containing anticipation: an anticipative action; an anticipative look.

Origin of anticipative

First recorded in 1655–65; anticipate + -ive

Related formsan·tic·i·pa·tive·ly, adverbnon·an·tic·i·pa·tive, adjectivenon·an·tic·i·pa·tive·ly, adverbun·an·tic·i·pa·tive, adjective

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Related Words for anticipative

anticipant, anticipatory, awaiting, expecting, hopeful, anticipating

Examples from the Web for anticipative

Historical Examples of anticipative

Our very passions, when most agitated, are most anticipative.
Pelham, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The internal organization of the colonial church is also anticipative.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899
Various
There was a note of anticipative defiance in the young voice as she spoke.
The Red City
S. Weir Mitchell
We have seen the historical results of this mode of procedure in what is denominated the Anticipative or Hypothetical Method.
Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863
Various
"Ho, ho," said Mr. Rugge, in hissing accents which had often thrilled the threepenny gallery with anticipative horror.
What Will He Do With It, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton