Anticipatable


to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee:
to antic-p-te pleasure.
to expect; look forward to; be sure of:
to antic-p-te a favorable decision.
to perform (an action) before another has had time to act.
to answer (a question), obey (a command), or satisfy (a request) before it is made:
he antic-p-ted each of my orders.
to nullify, prevent, or forestall by taking countermeasures in advance:
to antic-p-te a military attack.
to consider or mention before the proper time:
to antic-p-te more difficult questions.
to be before (another) in doing, thinking, achieving, etc.:
many modern inventions were antic-p-ted by leonardo da vinci.
finance.

to expend (funds) before they are legitimately available for use.
to discharge (an obligation) before it is due.

to think, speak, act, or feel an emotional response in advance.
verb (mainly transitive)
(may take a clause as object) to foresee and act in advance of: he antic-p-ted the fall in value by selling early
to thwart by acting in advance of; forestall: i antic-p-ted his punch by moving out of reach
(also intransitive) to mention (something) before its proper time: don’t antic-p-te the climax of the story
(may take a clause as object) to regard as likely; expect; foresee: he antic-p-ted that it would happen
to make use of in advance of possession: he antic-p-ted his salary in buying a house
to pay (a bill, etc) before it falls due
to cause to happen sooner: the spread of nationalism antic-p-ted the decline of the empire
v.

1530s, “to cause to happen sooner,” a back-formation from antic-p-tion, or else from latin antic-p-tus, past participle of antic-p-re “take (care of) ahead of time,” literally “taking into possession beforehand,” from ante “before” (see ante) + capere “to take” (see capable).

later “to be aware of (something) coming at a future time” (1640s). used in the sense of “expect, look forward to” since 1749, but antic-p-te has an element of “prepare for, forestall” that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. related: antic-p-ted; antic-p-ting.

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