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Definition of: retrospect
(ret′rə·spekt) v.i.
Rare
1. To think about the past.
2. To look or refer back.
—v.t.
3. Rare To consider or think about in retrospect.
—noun A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of something past. See synonyms under MEMORY. [<L retrospectus, pp. of retrospicere reexamine, look back <retro- back +specere look]
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