inspectiveadj.
/ɪnˈspɛktɪv/ 1. Given to inspection; watchful; attentive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]
carefulc1050
soignous1340
mindfula1382
tentivec1386
presentc1395
attendant1432
tendable?c1450
advicefulc1454
thoughtyc1480
neara1500
respective1525
heedful1548
heedy1548
prick-eared?1550
attendable1552
attentive1577
tentible1603
observative1609
unpreoccupied1643
advertent1646
presential1652
inspectivea1684
tent1789
attentful-
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 101 They that are most inspective, and watchful in this will still be faulty in it.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 522 A certain Chaldaic triad, which is the inspective guardian of the whole of a disordered fabrication.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 182 Need was still Of persevering, quick, inspective mood Of mind.
1863 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady iii. Work 6 Thrushes..Search dew-gray lawns with keen inspective glance.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective]
theoreticala1500
theorica1500
theorical?a1560
inspective1609
theoretic1617
systematic1668
systematical1677
1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 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.
1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis ii. 92 I..publickly interpret..the Books of both the Active, and also Inspective Medicine.
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