not expect it." Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow.
Good with bad
Expect to hear; supernal grace contending
With sinfulness of men.
Milton.
I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.
Spectator.
Timid men were anticipating another civil war.
Macaulay.