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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Anticipatory \An*tic"i*pa*to*ry\, adjective Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. --Owen.
Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. --J. C. Shairp.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
anticipatory
adjective: in anticipation [syn: {prevenient}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "anticipatory": agape, agog, all agog, antecedent, anterior, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, atiptoe, awaiting, beforetime, bright and early, certain, ci-devant, clairvoyant, confident, divinatory, eager, earlier, early, elder, expectant, expecting, farseeing, farsighted, first, fore, forearmed, foregoing, forehand, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forestalling, forethoughted, forethoughtful, forewarned, former, gaping, hopeful, in anticipation, in expectation, in good time, intuitive, longsighted, looking for, looking forward to, not surprised, older, optimistic, preceding, precognitive, precognizant, precurrent, preexistent, prepared, prescient, prevenient, previous, prime, prior, provident, providential, prudent, ready, sagacious, sanguine, senior, sure, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watching for
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