RETRORSE Re*trorse", a. Etym: [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrovert.]
Defn: Bent backward or downward.
— Re*trorse"ly, adv.
RETROSPECT Re"tro*spect, v. i. Etym: [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See Spy, and cf. Expect.]
Defn: To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton.
RETROSPECT
Re"tro*spect, n.
Defn: 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.
RETROSPECTION
Re`tro*spec"tion, n.
Defn: The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
RETROSPECTIVE
Re`tro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrospectif.]
1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; — opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope.