Anticipate meeting old flame and, at heart, repent getting together with discontented chemist (6)
I believe the answer is:
expect
'anticipate meeting' is the definition.
'expect' can be an answer for 'anticipate' (synonyms). I'm unsure of the 'meeting' bit.
'old flame and at heart repent getting together with discontented chemist' is the wordplay.
'old flame' becomes 'ex' (a former partner).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'at heart' says to take the centre.
'getting together with' says to put letters next to each other.
'discontented' suggests removing the centre (the word's contents are removed).
The middle of 'repent' is 'pe'.
'chemist' with its middle taken out is 'ct'.
'ex'+'pe'+'ct'='EXPECT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for expect that I've seen before include "Be ready for" , "demand and > have prospects" , "Consider likely to happen" , "Await or anticipate" , "Anticipate - rely upon - suppose" .)