anticipative
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
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
Such is the picture Rutebeuf paints of his life—a life curiously anticipative of that of many a Bohemian poet since.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
All her vital energy was busy in her anticipative brain, and glancing thence in sparkles from her eyes, and quivering down in swift currents to her restless little feet.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Jubilation glowed in the witch's glance; anticipative relish of the flavour of triumph lent her voice a shriller note.
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.
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