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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aspect, n. Also: espect. [ME. aspect (Chaucer, etc.), AF. aspect, L. aspectus.] An aspect, esp. of a heavenly body.1513 Doug. iv. ii. 28 (sum augury or gude aspect); xii. Prol. 42 (aspectis celicall). 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 133 (the bad espect of Saturne). 1549 Compl. 55/26 (ane largear aspect). 1560 Rolland Seven S. 325/28 (all planetis, and all thair strange aspectis). a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitl F. xxix. 4 (O ewill aspect in my natiuitie).
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