anticipate

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To feel or realize beforehand; foresee: hadn't anticipated the crowds at the zoo.
2. v. To look forward to, especially with pleasure; expect: anticipated a pleasant hike in the country.
3. v. To deal with beforehand; act so as to mitigate, nullify, or prevent: anticipated the storm by boarding up the windows. See Synonyms at expect.
4. v. To cause to happen in advance; accelerate.
5. v. To use in advance, as income not yet available.
6. v. To pay (a debt) before it is due.
7. v. To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To seize or take beforehand.
2. To be before in doing something; take action in advance of; precede, prevent, or preclude by prior action.
3. To take, do, use, etc., before the proper time; precipitate, as an action or event: as, the advocate has anticipated that part of his argument.
4. To realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee; have a view or impression of beforehand; look forward to; expect: as, I never anticipated such a disaster; to anticipate the pleasures of an entertainment.
5. To occupy the attention of before the proper time.
6. Synonyms To get the start of, forestall.
7. To forecast, count upon, prepare one's self for, calculate upon.
8. To treat of something, as in a narrative, before the proper time.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
2. v. to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
3. v. to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
4. v. to eagerly wait for (something)

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
2. v. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely.
3. v. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
4. v. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of

WordNet 3.0

1. v. realize beforehand
2. v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
3. v. be excited or anxious about
4. v. regard something as probable or likely
5. v. make a prediction about; tell in advance
6. v. be a forerunner of or occur earlier than