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Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, n.
1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view;
prospect. --Sir H. Wotton.
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2. A perspective glass. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Beau. & Fl.
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Prospective \Pro*spec"tive\, a. [L. prospectivus: cf. F.
prospectif. See {Prospect}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect;
perspective. [Obs.]
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Time's long and dark prospective glass. --Milton.
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2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; -- opposed
to {retrospective}.
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The French king of Sweden are circumspect,
industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair.
--Sir J.
Child.
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3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or
contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a
prospective benefit.
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Points on which the promises, at the time of
ordination, had no prospective bearing. --W. Jay.
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