Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ANTICIPATION
prediction, anticipation, prevision
(noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
anticipation, expectancy
(noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm); “each of them had their own anticipations”; “an indicator of expectancy in development”
anticipation, expectancy
(noun) an expectation
anticipation, expectation
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anticipation (countable and uncountable, plural anticipations)
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
(finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
(rhetoric) Prolepsis.
(music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Synonyms
• expectingness
Hyponyms
• (anticipating, expectation): apprehension, dread; see also anxiety
Source: Wiktionary
An*tic`i*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation.]
1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
Syn.
– Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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