单词 | anticipate |
释义 | † anˈticipateadj. Obs. Anticipated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected futurec1374 in a possibility1523 forestalled1543 looked-for1548 anticipatec1550 expected1558 long-looked-for1562 looked1565 in expectation1570 expectable1619 expecting1621 in perspective1633 unsurprising1671 in prospect1694 perspective1710 in prospective1746–7 prospective1809 anticipated1814 presumable1825 anticipatable1872 ex ante1937 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) v. 28 The daye of iugement sal be antecipet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). anticipatev.ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > beforehand prevent1563 lurchc1565 preoccupate1586 anticipate1594 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 576 To Anticipate, signifieth as much as to preuent and to take before. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 57 They feared the tops of the mountaines might be anticipated. 1785 W. Cowper 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. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend in advance of having money fornale1478 anticipate1702 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 103 To carry on that vast Expence, the Revenue of the Crown had been Anticipated. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 187 That the Men..might have something to buy Clothes..without anticipating their Wages. 1883 Daily 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). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall > an action anticipatea1616 a1616 Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 160 Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. x. 153 He has anticipated the vengeance of heaven. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 233 The Count anticipated their action. 4. To be before (another) in acting, to forestall. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 55 The Barley anticipating the Wheat,..might be in Ear in February. a1704 T. Brown Table Talk in Wks. (1707) I. ii. 41 Whenever he met a Creditor, never gave him leave to Dun him first, but was sure to anticipate him. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xx. 423 Anticipate winter so as to put all in order. 1877 L. P. Brockett Cross & Crescent 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. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (transitive)] > observe before the due date anticipate1534 forestall1637 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1308/1 Christe dyd anticipate the tyme of eatynge his Paschall lambe. 1625 Meade in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 307 III. 190 The funerall..is anticipated, and shall be on Thursday. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Anticipation, Such a Debt was not yet become due; He Anticipated the time of Payment. 1818 Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 214 They anticipated, by half an hour, the ordinary period for execution. 1819 Byron Don Juan: Canto II lii. 145 Some leap'd overboard..As eager to anticipate their grave. a. intr. To occur earlier, to advance in time. Obs. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > occur earlier or go before [verb (intransitive)] precede?a1425 prevent1542 to go before1585 anticipate1588 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. G viij, This calculation..maid ye æquinoxe of springe tyme to anticipat swa mony dayes. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xlii. f. 169v, It [sc. the year] doth anticipate in the space of 4. yeares one whole day. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 219 The Equinoxes had anticipated. View more context for this quotation b. trans. To occur earlier than, precede. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] forecomea1300 precede?a1425 fore-run1590 usher1607 eve1638 to usher in1641 surmounta1647 antevene1655 antedate1664 antecedea1676 anticipate1855 precourse1888 predate1889 precursea1892 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity (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. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (transitive)] > observe before the due date > consider before the appropriate time anticipate1532 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 532/1 Here haue I, wel beloued readers..to anticipate his woordes written in his other Chapiter. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 127 You shall not again tempt me to anticipate the question of effectual Grace. 1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xii. 152 He is to anticipate consequences and provide for the future. 1859 Ecce Homo (ed. 8) v. 43 We have anticipated in a former chapter the means by which Christ avoided this result. b. absol. ΚΠ 1700 Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *bv, I find I have anticipated already. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 31 Of this, more hereafter; we must not anticipate. 8. trans. To realize beforehand (a certain future event). ΚΠ 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici i. 41, I perceive I doe anticipate the vices of age. View more context for this quotation 1749 T. Smollett Regicide v. vi. 72 My Fears Anticipate thy Words! 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxix. 231 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] weenOE weenc1000 thinklOE lookc1225 hopec1330 trusta1387 wait onc1390 supposea1393 to wait after ——1393 to look after ——c1400 thinkc1480 attend1483 suppone1490 expect1535 to expect for1538 aspect1548 respect1549 look1560 ween1589 attend1591 propose1594 await1608 to presume on, upon, or of1608 to look forwards1637 prospect1652 to look for ——a1677 augur1678 anticipate1749 to look to ——1782 spect1839 contemplate1841–8 to look forward1848 eye1979 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. vii. 42 How my fir'd Soul anticipates the Joy! 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 110, I anticipate a like orderly and diversified Succession..in Time future. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 38 Those, not in the secret, anticipated an acquittal. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 85 He appeared to anticipate that flying will be a future mode of locomotion. 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