Prospective /(?)/

Pro·spec·tive

Prospective

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

n.
  1. The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
  2. A perspective glass. [Obs.]