单词 | perspection |
释义 | perspectionn. rare after 17th cent. Contemplation, regard; scrutiny, inspection. ΘΚΠ 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 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) viii. 57 O quhat vanhap..is this that..hes blyndit ȝour ene, fra the perspectione of ȝour extreme ruuyne? 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 177 Such perspection and contemplation of faith is not..a vaine imagination. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 72 Not only made..for ornament unto the eye, but for perspection. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 12 Eye gate was the place of perspection . View more context for this quotation 1997 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 87 182 Emperors..were engaged in that action of radical moral ‘perspection’ of the Empire's subjects (si cunctos..perspexerimus). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1550 |
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