Prospect

pros'pekt, n. That whi«h embraced by the eye in vision: view; a picturesque or widely extended view; landscape; a position which affords a fine view; a lookout; position of the from of a building; anticipation; ground for hoping; expectation. — v. To search or examine for (esp. ore, gold, etc.). — v. To make a search, seek. [L. prospectus, a lookout, distant view, prop. p. p. ot prospicere, to look forward, pro and specere, spicere, to look: — see Spy.] Prospec'tion, pro-spek's hun, n. Act of — looking forward, or providing for future wants. Prospective, a. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; respecting or relating to the future, F.] — Prospectively, adv. — Prospec'tus, n. Plan of a literary work, containing the general subject or design, terms of publication, etc. [L.J