ANTIC'IPATE, verb transitive [Latin anticipo, of ante, before, and capio, to take.] 1. To take or act, before another, so as to prevent him; to take first possession. 2. To take before the proper time; as, the advocate has anticipated that part of his argument. 3. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of something future; as, to anticipate the pleasures of an entertainment; to anticipate the evils of life. 4. To prevent by crowding in before; to preclude. [This sense is essentially included in the first.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI