Category:Retrospect

Re"tro*spect, v. i. Etym: [l. retrospicere; retro back + specere, Spectum, to look. See spy, and cf. Expect.]

Defn: to look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past. It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton.

Retrospect Re"tro*spect, n.

Defn: 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.