anticipant

American  

[an-tis-uh-puhnt] / ænˈtɪs ə pənt /

adjective

1. anticipative (usually followed byof ).

   We were eagerly anticipant of her arrival.

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noun

1. a person who anticipates.

anticipant British  

/ ænˈtɪsɪpənt /

adjective

1. operating in advance; expectant; anticipating

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noun

1. a person who anticipates; anticipator

Etymology

Origin of anticipant

1620–30; < Latin anticipant- (stem of anticipāns, present participle of anticipāre ) taking before, equivalent to anti- (variant of ante- ante- ) + -cip- (combining form of capere to take) + -ant- -ant

Example Sentences

The bride, seeing these two dying animals, and hearing the cries of anticipant ravens in the empty heavens, runs for home and father.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw that its thin oval had rounded, the cheeks gained a faint color; animation was in every feature, life anticipant in the eyes.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

It was mounted on the box seats very high up, where it looked conspicuously happy, and sounded a little hysterical; and it was packed, tight and warm and anticipant into every available seat.

From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Motion stirred there; the pair of them laughed like anticipant children when two wide-winged moths swam into sight and floated toward them, eyes glowing like veiled emeralds.

From Pet Farm by Aycock, Roger D.

Inside the great temple the people of Nedra were singing and chanting with anticipant joy; outside the world was smiling benignly.

From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr