Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retrospect"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrospect \Re"tro*spect\, v. i. [L. retrospicere; retro back +
specere, spectum, to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Expect}.]
To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. --A.
Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrospect \Re"tro*spect\, n.
A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the
past. --Cowper.
We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old
comedy. --Landor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retrospect
n : contemplation of things past; "in retrospect"
v : look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.);
remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride"
[syn: {review}, {look back}]
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