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anticipated, ppl. a.|ænˈtɪsɪpeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Taken or occurring in advance or beforehand.
1611Cotgr., Anticipé, anticipated, prevented, forestalled. 1655Orrery Parthen. (1676) 21 The Heavens had put on anticipated Mourning. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Anticipation, or anticipated diseases. 1809J. Barlow Columb. iii. 620 The waking stars [in an eclipse]..Peep out and gem the anticipated night.
2. Used beforehand, as money.
1781Cowper Ret. 559 Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid.
3. Apprehended beforehand, looked for, expected.
1814Southey Roderick xv, The anticipated meeting put to flight These painful thoughts. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. 185 The anticipated storm at length gave notice of its coming. |