Pro*spec"tive (?), a. [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.
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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.
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