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specˈtation rare. [ad. L. spectātio, noun of action f. spectāre to look.] The action of beholding, observing, or inspecting.
1638Briefe Relat. 16 The Execution of the Lords Censure in Starre-Chamber,..at the spectation whereof the number of people was so great [etc.]. 1940R. G. Collingwood Ess. Metaphysics xxxi. 307 The mere act of spectation could in time generate the idea of a cause. |