Looking forward to something; experiencing or expressing anticipation or expectation.
From Latin anticipare (ante- before + capere to take), meaning 'to take beforehand.' The participial form -ant comes from Latin present participle endings, creating an adjective form that means 'anticipating or expecting.'
Latin-based words like this show how English borrowed the language of Roman law and philosophy—anticipate originally meant literally 'taking something before,' like seizing goods early, which evolved into the modern sense of expecting something.
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