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anticipative

[an-tis-uh-pey-tiv, -puh-tiv] / ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪ tɪv, -pə tɪv /


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Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cry of the angel, announcing her fall, as Mr. Elliot remarks, seems to be anticipative, and not retrospective.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

Such is the picture Rutebeuf paints of his life—a life curiously anticipative of that of many a Bohemian poet since.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

The Prince and Phadrig were keenly anticipative, and the latter not a little nervous.

From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension by Griffith, George Chetwynd