Category:Prospective

Pro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [l. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; Perspective. [obs.] Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton.

2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed to Retrospective. The french king of sweden are circumspect, industrious, and Prospective, too, in this affair. Sir j. Child.

3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or Contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective Benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no Prospective bearing. W. Jay.

Prospective Pro*spec"tive, n.

1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir h. Wotton.

2. A perspective glass. [obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & fl.