1to anticipate, act in advance of the proper time:
(
1338
)
Ceo ne covient ja, q’il prent de vostre conscience demene, et si vous eiez anticipé vostre temps, ad il mester de conustre le fait?
YBB 11-12 Ed III 431
(
1340
)
Et tout eit Court anticipé temps sur lui, il ne poet de ceo aver avantage
YBB 14 Ed III 251
2fig.to catch up with:
(
s.xiii3/4;
MS: c.1275
)
E ense
[
sic] persequirent Abraham nostre pere, quant il fu pelerins, […] e ensi feseyent en lur poer a tuz lé pelerins. E le ire Nostre Seygnur les anticipa a la parfin
(Latin: Venit autem ira Domini super eos in finem)
Suidas 618
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anticiper (s.xiii3/4)