What is "anticipatory"

Usage examples of "anticipatory".

Egypt, it will be seen that his energy of mind urged him to adopt anticipatory measures for the accomplishment of objects which were never realised.

With anticipatory relish, Mrs Bradley at once wrote a reply, inviting Mr Semple and Mr Kay to meet her as soon as their duties permitted.

From that death he rises when the Solstitial Sun brings the inundation, and Egypt is filled with mirth and acclamation anticipatory of the second harvest.

They had been lovers on less than a dozen occasions and each time Silas made love to her it increased her physical desire for him to such a pitch that now merely to look at him was enough to make her body positively hum with anticipatory delight.

BOOKMARKS: Belief in the narrative by promoting nausea in the audience Claim for equality puts an end to the priceless privileges Consent to take life as it is Dialogue between Nature and Circumstance Dudley was not gifted to read behind words and looks Exuberant anticipatory trustfulness Fell to chatting upon the nothings agreeably and seriously Greater our successes, the greater the slaves we become He never explained How Success derides Ambition!

The pattern established in January was still in place, and the drying of the ground following the big thaw was proceeding on schedule, increasing the anticipatory enthusiasm of professional and amateur planters alike.

Marlowe had to assume that reinforcements had been summoned and that the two vampires were waiting with anticipatory glee.

One of the earliest consequences of the anticipatory skills that accompanied the evolution of the prefrontal lobes must have been the awareness of death.

Is it possible that the Neanderthals developed quite a different mentality than ours, and that our superior linguistic and anticipatory skills enabled us to destroy utterly our husky and intelligent cousins?

Gelmann made periodic cooking suggestions to the platform, which after a while found itself shuddering with anticipatory apprehension.

There is a great deal of debate over the concept of anticipatory self-defense, with some scholars arguing that it is illegal because it contradicts long-standing criteria for self-defense established in 1837.

Perhaps of greater importance, accepted or not, anticipatory self-defense has been used by various nations many times over the past fifty years.

Afghanistan as invocations of self-defense more consistent with the standards of anticipatory self-defense than with the 1837 standards.

NATO invoked anticipatory self-defense to justify the 1999 war over Kosovo.

Reports from Coramonde grew steadily less auspicious as more levies were brought from the northwest and southwest, anticipatory of the thrust against the Hightower.