Part 4056

<blockquote>His magnificent <b>expiations</b> made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By all men's eyes a youth of <b>expectations</b>. <i>Otway.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. <i>Expectations</i> are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.</def>

<cs><col>Expectation of life</col>, <cd>the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust.</syn>

<h1>Expectative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>expectatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Constituting an object of expectation; contingent.</def>

<cs><col>Expectative grace</col>, <cd>a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant.</cd></cs>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Expectative</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>expectative</ets>, fr. <ets>expectatif</ets> expectant.]</ety> <def>Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Expectedly</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In conformity with expectation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Expecter</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who expects.</def>

<h1>Expectingly</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In state of expectation.</def>

<h1>Expective</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Expectative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Expectorant</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pec"to*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expectorans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>expectorare</ets> to drive from the breast: cf. F. <ets>expectorant</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An expectorant medicine.</def></def2>

<h1>Expectorate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*pec"to*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expectorated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expectorating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expecrorare</ets> to drive from the breast; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>pectus</ets>, <ets>pectiris</ets>, breast. See <er>Pectoral</er>.]</ety> <def>To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.</def>

<h1>Expectorate</h1> <Xpage=523>