Meanings (ES + gloss)
anticiparse
To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
c. 1824 (written, published in 1891) Robert Hall, Fragment on Popery When two parties, each formidable for their numbers, and the weight of their influence and property, are animat…
anticipar • prever
To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
to anticipate the evils of life
to anticipate the pleasures of a visit