anticipative

Example Sentences

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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

The Mother thought she had never been so happy before in her life, and the ugly little beast yelped with anticipative joy.

From The Very Small Person by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

Its posture is firm, steady, self-poised, conscious of rectitude, and anticipative of veritable and valuable results.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

X 151 note 1.63.On the anticipative construct, see § 138 of the grammar.64.nu-mal are uncertain.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen