Prospective
Pronunciation : Pro*spec"tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Pro*spec"tive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect. Sir H. Wotton.
2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913