To have a shrinking apprehension of; to look forward to with terror or anxiety: of future or unknown events. Often with infinitive or subordinate c…

In weakened sense (apparently influenced by I.). To anticipate with apprehension, to apprehend (something feared or undesired).

transitive. With reference to a future possibility: To expect; esp. to expect with dread or apprehension. (With simple object or object clause…

To have an uneasy sense of the probability of (some unwelcome occurrence in the future); to apprehend. Opposed to hope for.

To anticipate, look forward to, expect (mostly things adverse).