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To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." Bacon.

Anticipation of objections. [R.] South.

chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

ssion or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.

be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.

A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. "The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence." Ward.

The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [Obs.] Sterne.

To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] Philips.

The act of going before; anticipation. [R.]

To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. Pope.

One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [Obs.] Bacon.

Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] Hammond. Shak.

e pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris, O. Ficus-Indica, and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dil…

n any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods. Let no man anticipate uncertain profits. Rambler.

A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Abp. Bramhall.

Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom." De Quincey.

The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state. Locke. Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life Tillotson.

A quantic of the fifth degree. See Quantic.

Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. "Feats of quixotic gallantry." Prescott.

leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.