\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.

\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.