anˈticipating, ppl. a.
[f. anticipate v. + -ing2.]
Taking, apprehending, or occurring beforehand; forestalling.
| 1611 Cotgr., Anticipant, anticipating, preventing, forestalling. 1711 Shaftesbury Charact. (1737) III. 389 This natural Apprehension, or anticipating Sense of Unity. 1825 Carlyle Schiller ii. (1845) 75 His anticipating goodness. |