Expectative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expectative \Ex*pect"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. expectatif.]
     Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.
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     {Expectative grace}, a mandate given by the pope or a prince
        appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes


        vacant. --Foxe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expectative \Ex*pect"a*tive\, n. [F. expectative, fr. expectatif
     expectant.]
     Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.
     --Milman.
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