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Anticipative

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.

    "[…] protestations of friendship, and expressions anticipative of the pleasure which must inevitably flow from so happy an acquaintance, were exchanged […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by eager anticipation wordnet

Etymology

From anticipate + -ive.

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