INTROSPECT In`tro*spect", v. t. Etym: [L. introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into; intro within + specere to look. See Spy.]
Defn: To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.
INTROSPECTION
In`tro*spec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. introspection.]
Defn: A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden.
INTROSPECTIONIST
In`tro*spec"tion*ist, n. (Metaph.)
Defn: One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.
INTROSPECTIVE
In`tro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. introspectif.]
1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; — contrasted with associational. J. S. Mill.
INTROSUME
In`tro*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. intro- + L. sumere to take.]