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Webster 1913 Edition
Expectative
Ex-pect′a-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
expectatif
.] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
Expectative grace
, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant.
Foxe.
Ex-pect′a-tive
,Noun.
[F.
expectative
, fr. expectatif
expectant.] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.
Milman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Expectative
EXPECT'ATIVE
,Noun.