Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Look; aspect; appearance; regard.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Regard; aspect; appearance.

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  • noun archaic Regard; aspect; appearance.

Etymologies

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Latin spectatio.

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  • In addition, spectation means the action of beholding, observing, or inspecting (OED).

    March 12, 2012