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expectative
[ ik-spek-tuh-tiv ]
adjective
- of or relating to expectation.
- characterized by expectation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of expectative1
From the Medieval Latin word expectātīvus, dating back to 1480–90. See expectation, -ive
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Example Sentences
They went to Stuttgart, where the Wrtemberg Government kept up a sort of expectative neutrality.
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He is young enough to forgive, and to be forgiven, the possession and the expectative, at least for some years.
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Even expectative graces, or mandates nominating a person to succeed to a benefice upon the first vacancy, were thus sold.
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It was too slow for their eagerness and expectative grants were sought for and made in advance so as to profit by the next victim.
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