Defn: To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.
PROSPECT
Pros"pect, v. i.
Defn: To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.
PROSPECTION
Pro*spec"tion, n.
Defn: The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight.
PROSPECTIVE
Pro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [L. prospectivus: cf. F. prospectif. See
Prospect, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective. [Obs.] Time's long and dark prospective glass. Milton.
2. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight; — opposed to retrospective. The French king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective, too, in this affair. Sir J. Child.
3. Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit. Points on which the promises, at the time of ordination, had no prospective bearing. W. Jay.
PROSPECTIVE
Pro*spec"tive, n.