anticipate
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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.