資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anticipate \An*tic"i*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anticipated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Anticipating}.] [L. anticipatus, p. p. of
   anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See
   {Capable}.]
   1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to
      preclude or prevent by prior action.

            To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. --R.
                                                  Hall.

            He would probably have died by the hand of the
            executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been
            anticipated by the populace.          --Macaulay.

   2. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper
      or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely;
      as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.

   3. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that
      which will be desired.

   4. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or
      impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit;
      to anticipate the evils of life.

   Syn: To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect.

   Usage: To {Anticipate}, {Expect}. These words, as here
          compared, agree in regarding some future event as
          about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It
          supposes some ground or reason in the mind for
          considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate
          is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes
          simply to take into the mind as conception of the
          future. Hence, to say, ``I did not anticipate a
          refusal,'' expresses something less definite and
          strong than to say, `` did not expect it.'' Still,
          anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged
          with expect in cases where the thought will allow.

                Good with bad Expect to hear; supernal grace
                contending With sinfulness of men. --Milton.

                I would not anticipate the relish of any
                happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery,
                before it actually arrives.       --Spectator.

                Timid men were anticipating another civil war.
                                                  --Macaulay.