anticipative

English

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.

Adjective

anticipative (comparative more anticipative, superlative most anticipative)

1. Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
   • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:

     […] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]

Derived terms

• anticipatively
• anticipativeness
• nonanticipative
• unanticipative

Translations

pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate

• Portuguese: antecipativo