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anticipate

[an-tis´ĭ-pāt]

to expect a given reaction from someone, such as a patient.

an·tic·i·pate

(an-tis'i-pāt),

To come before the appointed time; said of a periodic symptom or disease, such as a malarial paroxysm, when it recurs at progressively shorter intervals.

[L. anticipo, pp. -cipatus, to anticipate, fr. anti (old form of ante), before, + capio, to take]

anticipate

(an-tis′ĭ-pāt″) [L. anticapare, to take before]

1. To occur before the usual time of onset (of a particular illness or disease).

2. In nursing and medicine, to expect, predict, or prepare for something outside the routine.

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