anticipatory,a.|ænˈtɪsɪpətərɪ|[f.anticipator + -y: see -ory.]Of or pertaining to an anticipator; of the nature of anticipation.1669H. More7 ChurchesPref.(T.)Prophecy, being an anticipatory history.1855H. SpencerPsychol.(1872) I. iii. iv. 315Nascent vision..amounts at first to little more than anticipatory touch.1874H. ReynoldsJohn Bapt. iii. §3. 216Anticipatory of a wider diffusion of the Holy Spirit.