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conspection

conspection noun: observation with understanding.

Noun

conspection (uncountable)

  1. Observation with understanding.
    • Because in the Conspection of Objects remote, the Pupil of the Eye is expanded circularly, for the admission of more Rays, and the Chrystalline Humour somewhat retracted toward the Retina Tunica, for the Determination of the Point of Concurse in the same, which otherwise would be somewhat too...1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport
    • UPON a conspection of the foregoing facts, it appears that the means of relief must embrace the following objects :1825, “On the Necessity and the Means of protecting Needy Genius”, in Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, volume 9, page 362

Examples of conspection in a sentence

  • The praise of his conspection was not human.1923, Edgar Wallace, Captains of Souls:
  • The fourth sentence states that absolute knowledge of the singular remains even after the mind's conspection has ceased.1984, Franciscan Studies, volume 41, page 382:
  • And it is — vestibule of a heavenly conspection.1992, Thomas F. Shea, Flann O'Brien's exorbitant novels, page 154:
  • and this opening of the mouth therefore takes us through all of this to the divine conspection2007, Eamon Duffy, “The New Pope And The Liturgy”, in Uwe Michael Lang, editor, Ever Directed Towards the Lord:

Origin of conspection

Borrowed from Latin cōnspectiō, from cōnspiciō (“to notice, gaze at”).

Questions about conspection

What does conspection mean?
Conspection means observation with understanding.
How do you use conspection in a sentence?
The praise of his conspection was not human.
What part of speech is conspection?
Conspection is a noun.

Words near conspection in the dictionary

  1. conspecifically
  2. conspecificities
  3. conspecificity
  4. conspecifics
  5. conspecifity
  6. conspection
  7. conspectus
  8. conspectuses
  9. conspersion
  10. conspersions
  11. conspicious

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