Pro-spĕc'tive1, a.
a. [Lat. prospectivus, It. prospettivo. See PROSPECT.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to, or furnishing, a prospect. “Time’s long and dark prospective glass.” Milton.
Sense 2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight;—opposed to retrospective.
The French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective in this affair. Child.
Sense 3. Respecting or relating to the future; as, a prospective benefit.
The supporting of Bible societies is one of the points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.