anticipate

anticipate
an·tic·i·pate /an-'ti-sə-ˌpāt/ vt -pat·ed, -pat·ing
1: to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation
the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference — Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)
2: to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art
appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror — Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

anticipate
I (expect) verb antevertere, assume, be ready for, calculate on, consider in advance, contemplate, count on, forearm, get the start on, guard against, have in prospect, hold in view, intuit, make preparations, plan on, preconceive, predispose, prepare for, suppose, surmise, wait for associated concepts: anticipated profits, anticipating defenses, anticipation notes, anticipatory breach, anticipatory repudiation, anticipatory warrant, duty to anticipate in negligence II (prognosticate) verb announce in advance, augur, auspicate, betoken, conjecture, divine, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foreshow, forespeak, harbinger, have a presentiment, herald, look forward to, omen, portend, praevertere, preannounce, precognize, predetermine, predict, premonish, presage, prophesy, vaticinate III index forestall, precede, preconceive, predict, presage, presume

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


anticipate
v.
(1) To do something before its proper time.
(2) To expect, to predict.
n.
anticipation
adj.
anticipatory

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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