She anticipates (3)

I believe the answer is:

eve

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'she' is the definition.

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for eve that I've seen before include "Night before an event" , "Female" , "Previous day" , "Day before Christmas" , "She reportedly lived first" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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