expectative vs expective

expectative

adj
  • Of or pertaining to an expectation. 

  • Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice. 

noun
  • The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent. 

expective

adj
  • expectative 

  • A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action. 

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