Anticipate

Definition - Transitive Verb
1  : to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation <the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference ­Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)>
2  : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art <appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror ­Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)>
Pronunciationan-'ti-s&-"pAt

Pronunciation Key

  • \&\ as a and u in a b ut
  • \[^&]\ as e in kitt en
  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
  • \a\ as a inash
  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \?\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \?\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision


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