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All that remained was to get him off by himself andA quiver of emotion played along Jodie's spine, an excited little trill of anticipatio She'd caught the look he'd given her moments before and recognized it for what it was.
Texas Lawman Chambers, Ginger 1998
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_anticipatio naturae_ (for in it reason is allowed to prescribe to things), and is opposed to the true method, the _interpretatio naturae_, in which reason follows and obeys nature, discovering her secrets by obedience and submission to rule.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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_Reseda_ -- "monstrosa anticipatio Euphorbiacearum et
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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