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anticipative

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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Eugene Mason

Oh, you'll like it after a while," he said, with anticipative wisdom, "but I shall be left to play with Tom.

From Westways by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

There was a note of anticipative defiance in the young voice as she spoke.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell




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