Anticipate

an-tis′ip-āt, v.t. to be beforehand with (another person or thing), to forestall or preoccupy: to take in hand, or consider, before the due time: to foresee: realise beforehand, or count upon as certain: to expect.— v.t. and v.i. to accelerate: to occur earlier than.— adj. and n. Antic′ipant , anticipating, anticipative.— n. Anticipā′tion , act of anticipating: a ignment to too early a time: foretaste: previous notion, or presentiment: expectation.— adjs. Anti′cipātive , Anti′cipātory .— advs. Anticipā′tively , Anticipā′torily ( rare ). [L. anticipāre , -ātum — ānte , before, cap-ĕre , to take.]