Re"tro*spect, n. A looking back on
things past; view or contemplation of the past.
Cowper.
We may introduce a song without retrospect to
the old comedy.
Landor.Re"tro*spect (?), v. i. [L.
retrospicere; retro back + specere,
spectum, to look. See Spy, and cf.
Expect.] To look backward; hence, to affect or concern
what is past.
It may be useful to retrospect to an early
period.
A. Hamilton.