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单词 expectative
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expectativeadj.n.

Brit. /ᵻkˈspɛktətɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛktətɪv/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɛktədɪv/, /ɛkˈspɛktədɪv/
Forms: 1500s expectatyue, 1500s expectatyve, 1500s–1600s expectatiue, 1600s– expectative; also Scottish pre-1700 expectative.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin exspectativus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin exspectativus, expectativus reversionary (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources in gratia exspectativa reversionary grace) < classical Latin exspectāt- , past participial stem of exspectāre , expectāre expect v. + -īvus -ive suffix.Compare Middle French, French expectatif of or relating to the reversion of benefices (frequently from the early 15th cent., chiefly in grace expectative ; now historical), characterized by waiting (apparently 1611 in Cotgrave (compare quot. 1611 at sense A. 2), although not securely attested in contextual examples until much later (1850 or earlier, frequently in attitude expectative)), Spanish expectativo of or relating to the reversion of benefices (late 15th cent.). With the use as noun compare post-classical Latin exspectativa reversionary grace (14th cent.), hope, expectation (a1540), use as noun of feminine of exspectativus, and also Middle French, French expectative reversionary grace (1461 in an isolated attestation), action or state of expecting something (1552), Spanish expectativa reversionary grace (late 15th cent.), Portuguese expectativa action or state of expecting something (1515).
A. adj.
1.
a. In canon law: of or relating to the reversion of benefices.Recorded earliest in grace expectative, variant of expectative grace n. at Compounds.
ΚΠ
1488 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1488/10/50 Quhat tym it be declarit..that ony persone or persouns be gracis expecta [ti] vis acceptis or purchessis ony beneficez [etc.].
1615 T. Mason Christs Victorie vii. 148 Expectatiue Aduousons are graunted without number.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Expectative Canons were such as, without having any revenue or prebend, had the title and dignities of Canons..till such time as a prebend should fall.
1852 Dublin Rev. Sept. 143 These letters expectative,..designed as they were originally to reward meritorious churchmen, were..often carried to the most abusive length.
1935 Eng. Hist. Rev. 50 326 They are concerned mainly with the execution of papal bulls of various kinds, a large section being devoted to grants of vacant or expectative benefices.
2002 A. W. Robertston G. de Machaut & Reims i. ii. 69 He allowed Machaut to retain his canonry at Saint-Quentin, as well as the expectative appointment at Reims.
b. Having effect in the future.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > prospective
expectative1630
prospective1788
1630 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clx. 438 Ablution of Infants from Original Sin, is only conditional and expectative.
1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme 17 The Covenant of baptism holding out such expectative grace of Repentance.
1735 J. Campbell Mil. Hist. Eugene of Savoy I. 199 An expectative Right the House of Austria had to Mindelheim.
1932 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 15 262 Spain insisted that, before any other business was done, the expectative decrees of investiture should be handed over.
1989 H. de Soto Other Path ii. 24 The expectative property right creates sufficient security and stability to possess land and build a house on it.
2. Characterized by waiting or anticipation; expectant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [adjective]
expecting1605
expectative1611
waiting1654
in wait1873
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Expectatif, expectative, expecting.
1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxiii. 206 To give you an instance of its expectative mode of curing.
1844 Short Hist. & Descr. Ojibbeway Indians 16 Every variety of attitude, from the tiptoe of expectative position to the various phases of the tumble and somerset.
1870 Daily News 11 Oct. 5/6 ‘We are preserving’, they say, ‘a dignified expectative attitude’.
1907 Med. Record 16 Nov. 805/1 One-half, or twenty-two cases, were operated upon, and one-half were treated by the conservative or expectative method.
1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 May c1 I see too many Haitians living in the expectative mood of ‘when we go back’.
B. n.
1. = expectative grace n. at Compounds. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > mandate conferring right of succession to
expectative grace1488
expectation1537
expectative1539
1539 J. Gough tr. J. Le Maire Abbreuyacyon Gen. Councellys sig. E.vi This sayd bysshop oppressyd ye realme of Fraunce wt imposycyons,..& expectatyues [Fr. graces expectatives].., in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 5/1 The..reseruations, expectatiues, & such other proceedinges of the popes pretenced iurisdiction.
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent viii. 764 Expectatiues..did make the incumbents death to bee desired.
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. ii. iii. 47 The Council of Basle..abolish'd the Expectatives..and all the other Exactions of the Court of Rome.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. vii. 74 Gregory IX pretended to act generously in limiting himself to a single expectative.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. v. 375 Ximenes obtained a papal bull, or expectative, preferring him to the first benefice..which should become vacant.
1931 Eng. Hist. Rev. 46 269 His expectative to the prebend of St. Donatian of Bruges took at least eleven, possibly fourteen years to materialize.
1999 M. Harvey Eng. in Rome, 1362–1420 vii. 136 From this visit Godbarn obtained an expectative in York which Neville honoured with the prebend of Dunnington in 1379.
2. A thing that is confidently anticipated; an expectation.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > right or moral entitlement > one's due
rightOE
dutyc1386
duec1450
expectativec1540
expectancy1624
expectance1652
c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 427 His expectatyves Many a man vnthrives.
1618 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 486 I am abundantly satisfied in some Expectatives.
1758 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 June (1932) (modernized text) V. 2315 He is young enough to forgive, and to be forgiven, the possession and the expectative, at least for some years.
1892 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 16 Jan. 4/1 The expectative thus fostered and indulged, may or may not be realized.
1927 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Feb. 84/1 For a book written..in regard to so terrible an expectative, Skin for Skin is singularly unegotistic.
2005 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 92 119 The direction of such an effect was opposite to our original expectative.

Compounds

expectative grace n. (also †grace expectative) now historical a mandate given by a pope or king granting advance right of succession to an ecclesiastical benefice.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > mandate conferring right of succession to
expectative grace1488
expectation1537
expectative1539
1488Gracis expecta[ti]vis [see sense A. 1a].
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxvv Bishops of Rome..by reseruations and graces expectatiue [L. gratias expectatiuas]..haue deriued all the gaine to Rome.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 344/2 The multitude of expectatiue graces haue bene a greate impediment and let.
1613 F. Mason Of Consecration Bishops iv. xi. 180 The Pope by his prouisions, reseruations, and expectatiue graces made lamentable desolation in the Church of God.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) (at cited word) In France..the right of conferring expectative graces, is looked on as one of the regalia.
1882 M. Creighton Hist. Papacy I. ii. viii. 400 The rules thus established as part of the constitution of the Church..provided for the issue of expectative graces.
1935 Speculum 10 111 Over two hundred letters of provisions and expectative graces of the pontificate of Gregory XI..can be found in the Regesta Avinionensia.
2000 A. D. M. Barrell Medieval Scotl. viii. 236 Expectative graces were rather cheaper to obtain, as only occasionally did the Camera attempt to levy annates from benefices obtained as a result.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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