a. rare. [erroneously f. EXPECT, after apparent analogy of respect, respective: cf. prec.] = EXPECTATIVE.
1660. R. Coke, Power & Subj., 221. Provisions, Reservations Expective graces, &c. have no place in France.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2559/1. [Ximenes] visited Rome, and returned … with an expective letter from the Pope on the archpriestship of Uzeda.
