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▪ I. † anˈticipate, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 6 antecipet.
[ad. L. anticipāt-us, pa. pple. of anticipā-re, prop. antecipā-re, f. ante before + -cipāre, deriv. f. cap-ĕre (in comp. -cip-ĕre) to take.]
Anticipated.
1549Compl. Scotl. v. 36 The daye of iugement sal be antecipet.
▪ II. anticipate, v.|ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt|
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed. Cf. Fr. anticip-er (ad. L.) found in 14th c.]
†1. To seize or take possession of beforehand. Obs.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. II. 576 To anticipate signifieth as much as to prevent and to take before. 1623Bingham Xenophon 57 They feared the tops of the mountaines might be anticipated. 1783Cowper Task v. 723 To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
2. To use in advance; to spend (money) before it is at one's disposal.
a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. I. ii. 103 To carry on that vast Expence, the Revenue of the Crown had been Anticipated. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 171 That the men might have something to buy clothes..without anticipating their wages. 1883Daily News 8 Oct 5/5 Do not anticipate your income.
3. To take up or deal with (a thing), or perform (an action), before another person or agent has had time to act, so as to gain an advantage; to deal with beforehand, forestall (an action).
1605Shakes. Macb. iv. i. 144 Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxix, He has anticipated the vengeance of heaven. 1864D. Mitchell 7 Stories 233 The Count anticipated their action.
4. To be before (another) in acting, to forestall.
a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 55 The Barley, anticipating the wheat, might be in ear in February. a1704T. Brown Table T. Wks. 1730 I. 143 Whenever he met a creditor, never gave him leave to dun him first, but was sure to anticipate him. 1796C. Marshall Gardening xx. (1813) 423 Anticipate winter so as to put all in order. 1877Brockett Cross & Cresc. 67 In many points on which the greatness of his reputation rests, he was anticipated by his predecessors.
5. To observe or practise in advance of the due date; to cause to happen earlier, accelerate.
1534More On the Passion Wks. 1557, 1308/1 Christe dyd anticipate the tyme of eatynge his Paschall lambe. 1625Meade in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 307 III. 190 The funerall..is anticipated, and shall be on Thursday. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Anticipation, Anticipating a payment means the discharging it before it falls due. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. (1873) 17 To anticipate by half an hour the usual time of his arrival. 1819Byron Juan ii. lii, Some leap'd overboard..As eager to anticipate their grave.
†6. intr. To occur earlier, to advance in time. Obs.
1588A. King Canisius' Catech. G viij, This calculation..maid y⊇ æquinoxe of springe tyme to anticipat swa mony dayes. 1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. xli. (ed. 7) 356 It [the year] doth anticipate in the space of foure yeeres one whole day. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 219 The Equinoxes had anticipated.
b. trans. To occur earlier than, precede. rare.
1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IV. vii. vi. 172 They were eager..if their death anticipated the Last Day, to die in the Holy Land.
7. To take into consideration before the appropriate or due time.
a. trans.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 1557, 532/1 Here haue I, wel beloued readers..to anticipate his woordes written in his other Chapiter. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. i. 127 You shall not again tempt me to anticipate the question of effectual Grace. 1796C. Marshall Gardening xii. (1813) 152 He is to anticipate consequences and provide for the future. 1859Ecce Homo v. (ed. 8) 43 We have anticipated in a former chapter the means by which Christ avoided this result.
b. absol.
1700Dryden Fables Pref. (Globe) 497, I find I have anticipated already. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 31 Of this, more hereafter; we must not anticipate.
8. trans. To realize beforehand (a certain future event).
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. 41, I perceive I doe anticipate the vices of age. 1749Smollett Regicide v. vi, My fears Anticipate thy words! 1853C. Brontë Villette xxxvii. (1876) 421 Some real lives do..actually anticipate the happiness of Heaven.
9. To look forward to, look for (an uncertain event) as certain. Const. simple obj. or subord. clause.
1749Smollett Regicide iii. vii, How my fir'd soul anticipates the joy! 1751Harris Hermes (1841) 149, I anticipate a like orderly and diversified succession..in time future. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 38 Those, not in the secret, anticipated an acquittal. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 85 He appeared to anticipate that flying will be a future mode of locomotion. |