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Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-tis-uh-pey-tiv, -puh-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ænˈtɪs əˌpeɪ tɪv, -pə tɪv



Définition of anticipative

  • adj expectant
Example sentences :
  • Our very passions, when most agitated, are most anticipative.
  • Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The internal organization of the colonial church is also anticipative.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 » by Various
  • There was a note of anticipative defiance in the young voice as she spoke.
  • Extract from : « The Red City » by S. Weir Mitchell
  • We have seen the historical results of this mode of procedure in what is denominated the Anticipative or Hypothetical Method.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863 » by Various
  • "Ho, ho," said Mr. Rugge, in hissing accents which had often thrilled the threepenny gallery with anticipative horror.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He had left his seal-oil lamp burning and now it was with an anticipative chuckle of joy that he untied the drawstring.
  • Extract from : « The New North » by Agnes Deans Cameron
  • My mother shook her head in anticipative horror, and raised her finger reprovingly.
  • Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Why not arrange that, out of this sum, your anticipative charge on the Casino property be paid at once?
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "Coco toddy," muttered Tavu, half in alarm, half in anticipative ecstasy.
  • Extract from : « In the Track of the Trades » by Lewis R. Freeman
  • She assented with a ready, anticipative willingness; and I lifted softly the white covering.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various

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