aspection

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Canada, US, UK/æˈspɛk.ʃən/Canada, US, UK, also/a-/Canada, US, UK/-ˈspek-/Australia/æˈspek.ʃən/

noun

The act of viewing; a look.

“to take aspection of something”

OriginLatin aspectiōnem →
First used 1646–1652Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounaspection (countable and uncountable, plural aspections)

plural aspections

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of viewing; a look.First known use 1646–1652

    to take aspection of something

    2 more examples

    […]that this deſtruction ſhould be the effect of the firſt beholder, or depend upon priority of aſpection,[…]

    1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Baſilisk”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 120

    To alter the aspect, or the aspection.

    1652, John Gaule, Πῦς-μᾰντῐ́ᾱ (Pûs-măntĭ́ā). […], quoted in OED, London

Origin

  1. Latinaspectiōnem
  2. Englishaspection

Learned borrowing from Latin aspectiōnem, from aspicere (“to look at”), whence aspect. First attested in 1646.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aspection

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