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anticipatory

Pronunciation:  an'tisupu`towree

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 Definition: [adj]  in anticipation
 
 Synonyms: antecedent, preceding, prevenient
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An*tic"i*pa*to*ry\, a.
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. --Owen.

      Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. --J.
                                               C. Shairp.

 
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