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antecapio

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Latin

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Etymology

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ante- (beforehand”, “in advance) +‎ capiō (I capture”, “I take)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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antecapiō (present infinitive antecapere, perfect active antecēpī, supine anteceptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to obtain, receive, or take before or beforehand
    1. to seize or take possession of beforehand, to pre-occupy
      1. (with the perfect passive participle anteceptus -a -um, of an idea) conceived a priori
    2. (with the ablative animō) to anticipate (in thought)
      1. to take antecipatory action (against something), to forestall

Conjugation

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References

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  • antĕcăpĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antecapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • antĕcăpĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 132/2.
  • antecapiō” on page 138/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)