单词 | anticipative |
释义 | anticipativeadj. 1. Having the faculty or habit of anticipating. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] expectanta1425 prevenient1765 anticipative1797 anticipant1798 contemplative1816 tense1821 prospective1850 at wait1873 1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 188 The mind inspired with this enthusiasm asserts its grandeur. It expands toward eternity, anticipative of its destiny. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii 276 Anxious, fearful, anticipative, she resolved upon seizing the earliest opportunity. 2. Of the nature of anticipation. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > anticipating or forestalling lurching1577 anticipating1611 anticipanta1631 anticipative1664 anticipatory1669 forecoming1860 proactive1951 pre-empting1965 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 304 Prophecie being nothing else but an anticipative History. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art 219 Mary Magdalene, with the anticipative glory round her head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.1664 |
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