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Webster 1913 Edition

Aspect

As′pect

,
Noun.
[L.
aspectus
, fr.
aspicere
,
aspectum
, to look at;
ad
+
spicere
,
specere
, to look, akin to E.
spy
.]
1.
The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
[R.]
“The basilisk killeth by aspect.”
Bacon.
His
aspect
was bent on the ground.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
“Serious in aspect.”
Dryden.
[Craggs] with
aspect
open shall erect his head.
Pope.
3.
Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
“The aspect of affairs.”
Macaulay.
The true
aspect
of a world lying in its rubbish.
T. Burnet.
4.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass;
as, a house has a southern
aspect
, that is, a position which faces the south
.
5.
Prospect; outlook.
[Obs.]
This town affords a good
aspect
toward the hill from whence we descended.
Evelyn.
6.
(Astrol.)
The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
Milton.
☞ The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, [GREEK], when the planets are 60° apart; quartile, or quadrate, [GREEK], when their distance is 90° or the quarter of a circle; trine, [GREEK], when the distance is 120°; opposition, [GREEK], when the distance is 180°, or half a circle; and conjunction, [GREEK], when they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human affairs, in some situations for good and in others for evil.
7.
(Astrol.)
The influence of the stars for good or evil;
as, an ill
aspect
.
Shak.
The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil
aspects
.
Bacon.
Aspect of a plane
(Geom.)
,
the direction of the plane.

As-pect′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
aspectare
, v. intens. of
aspicere
. See
Aspect
,
Noun.
]
To behold; to look at.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Aspect

'ASPECT

,
Noun.
[L. aspectus, from aspicio, to look on, of ad and specio, to see or look.]
1.
Look; view; appearance to the eye or the mind; as, to present an object or a subject in its true aspect, or under a double aspect. So we say, public affairs have a favorable aspect.
2.
Countenance; look, or particular appearance of the face; as a mild or severe aspect.
3.
View; sight; act of seeing. [This sense is now unusual.]
4.
Position or situation with regard to seeing, or that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces or looks to the south.
5.
In astronomy, the situation of one planet with respect to another. The aspects are five sextile, when the planets are 60 degrees distant; quartile or quadrate, when their distance is 90 degrees, or the quarter of a circle; trine, when the distance is 120 degrees; opposition, when the distance is 180 degrees, or half a circle; and conjunction, when they are in the same degree.

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