Emily Dickinson Lexicon

prospect (-'s), n. [L. prōspect-us, look out, view < prō, forward + specěre, look.] (webplay: landscape, retrospective, view).

1. View; vista; outlook; scene; extent of land visible to the eye.
2. Foresight; expectation; anticipation; vision of future events; act of looking forward in time. (930/811, 995/1014)
3. [Fig.] imminent approach of winter.