Prospect
King James Dictionary [1]
Pros'Pect, n. L. prospectus, prospicio, to look forward pro and specio, to see.
1. View of things within the reach of the eye.
Eden and all the coast in prospect lay.
2. View of things to come intellectual sight expectation. The good man enjoys the prospect of future felicity. 3. That which is presented to the eye the place and the objects seen. There is a noble prospect from the dome of the state house in Boston, a prospect diversified with land and water, and every thing that can please the eye. 4. Object of view.
Man to himself
Is a large prospect.
5. View delineated or painted picturesque representation of a landscape. 6. Place which affords an extended view. 7. Position of the front of a building as a prospect towards the south or north. Ezekiel 40 8. Expectation, or ground of expectation. There is a prospect of a good harvest. A man has a prospect of preferment or he has little prospect of success. 9. A looking forward a regard to something future.
Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, who lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to or provision for the remaining part of life? Little used.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v.) That which is hoped for; ground for hope or expectation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success.
(2): ( v.) That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
(3): ( v.) Especially, a picturesque or widely extended view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
(4): ( v. t.) To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.
(5): ( v. i.) To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold.
(6): ( v.) A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
(7): ( v.) Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
(8): ( v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state.
