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单词 anticipate
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anˈticipateadj.

Forms: Also 1500s antecipet.
Etymology: < Latin anticipāt-us, past participle of anticipā-re, prop. antecipā-re, < ante before + -cipāre, deriv. < cap-ĕre (in compound -cip-ĕre) to take.
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.

/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
Etymology: < anticipate adj., or on analogy of verbs so formed. Compare French anticip-er ( < Latin) found in 14th cent.
1. To seize or take possession of beforehand. Obs.
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.
6.
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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