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ASPECTED
Etymology
Adjective
aspected (not comparable)
(astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
Having a (specified) aspect.
Source: Wiktionary
As*pect"ed, a.
Definition: Having an aspect. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ASPECT
As"pect, n. Etym: [L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]
1. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.
2. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.
3. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. "The aspect of affairs." Macaulay. The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish. T. Burnet.
4. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
5. Prospect; outlook. [Obs.] This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended. Evelyn.
6. (Astrol.)
Definition: The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth. Milton.
Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile,
7. (Astrol.)
Definition: The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. Shak. The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects. Bacon. Aspect of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane.
As*pect", v. t. Etym: [L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See Aspect, n.]
Definition: To behold; to look at. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
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