anticipative
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English anticipate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English anticipative From anticipate + -ive.
- Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
“[…] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]”