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inspective, a.|ɪnˈspɛktɪv|
[ad. late L. inspectīv-us (Isidore), f. inspect-, ppl. stem of inspicĕre to inspect: see -ive.]
1. Given to inspection; watchful; attentive.
a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. iii. 12 They that are most inspective and watchful in this will still be faulty in it. 1797Monthly Mag. III. 522 A certain Chaldaic triad, which is the inspective guardian of the whole of a disordered fabrication. 1827Pollok Course T. ix, Need was still Of persevering, quick, inspective mood Of mind. 1863Woolner My Beautiful Lady iii. Work 6 Thrushes..Search dew-gray lawns with keen inspective glance.
†2. Concerned with investigation; theoretical. Obs. rare.
1609Douland Ornith. Microl. 2 Inspective Musicke, is a knowledge censuring and pondering the Sounds formed with naturall instruments, not by the eares, whose iudgement is dull, but by wit and reason. 1660tr. Paracelsus' Archidoxis ii. 92, I..publickly interpret..the Books of both the Active, and also Inspective Medicine. |