PROSPECTIVE

prospective. Prospective, a. viewing at a distance, provident

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Pro‐spec″tive (?), a. [[L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See Prospect, n.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton. 2. 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. 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.