† aspectionn.
Obsolete.
The action of looking at, beholding, viewing, watching.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking at or beholding
beholdinga1225
considerationc1386
advisementa1393
aspecta1398
especcion14..
viewc1450
contemplationc1500
looking ona1516
viewing1548
eyeing1550
perspectionc1550
theoria1590
conspection1611
onlooking1637
spectation1638
aspection1646
prospecting1677
onlook1800
spectating1942
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 120 That this destruction should be the effect of the first beholder, or depend upon priority of aspection . View more context for this quotation
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 66 To alter the aspect, or the aspection.
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