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.
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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.
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