anticipative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
anticipate + -ive
Adjective[edit]
anticipative (comparative more anticipative, superlative most anticipative)
- Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
- 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
- […] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate
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