Found 1 items, similar to Expectative.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expectative Expectative \Ex*pect"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. expectatif.] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. [1913 Webster] Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] Expectative \Ex*pect"a*tive\, n. [F. expectative, fr. expectatif expectant.] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. --Milman. [1913 Webster]