anticipate
-pat·ed -pat·ing 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)"]