aspect(1) (iou) and (recipes)

aspect noun. LME.
[Latin aspectus, from aspect- pa. ppl stem of aspicere look at, from ad A-8 + specere to look.]
I. The action of looking.
The action of looking at something; beholding; view, gaze. LME-E19.
Bacon The tradition..that the basilisk killeth by aspect. Steele The downcast Eye, and the Recovery into a sudden full Aspect.
Mental looking; consideration, regard. LME-L17.
J. Denham Those latter parts..have not yet received your Majesties favourable Aspect.
A look, a glance. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Comedy of Errors Some Other mistress hath thy sweet aspects. fig.: O. W. Holmes Meeting the cold aspect of Duty.
II. Way of looking, as to position or direction.
Astrology. The relative positions of the planets, etc., or the position of one with respect to the others, as they appear from the earth. LME.
Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida The glorious planet Sol.., whose med'cinable eye Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil. Swift He Mars could join To Venus in aspect malign.
The direction in which a thing has respect or practical bearing; bearing upon; Reference to. arch. E16.
O. Cromwell Divers things..which I hope have a public aspect.
The looking, facing, or fronting of something in a given direction; the side or surface which fronts or is turned towards a given direction. M17.
in TRIAN aspect.
Milton The setting Sun..with right aspect Against the eastern Gate of Paradise. Joyce A thatched..2 storey dwellinghouse of southerly aspect.
A point of view (chiefly fig.); any of the ways in which something may be looked at or considered. M17.
T. F. Dibdin Their rarity and intrinsic worth render them acceptable under any aspect. C. S. Forester Six months ago he had been inspecting similar arrangements from a regimental aspect.
Any of the ways in which something may present itself to the mind; a phase; a particular component or area of something complex. L17.
K. Mansfield There are in life as many aspects as attitudes towards it. N. Mitford We talked about nothing else, too, round and round the subject, every aspect of it. A. Wilson They enjoyed..showing each Other little-known aspects of Londonan Italianate Methodist Chapel in Lewisham, a strange formal Garden in Highbury. G. Vidal The third aspect of the one god is Siva, the destroyer. D. Halberstam Lawyers were getting ready to go through every aspect of Murrow's own past, in preparation for McCarthy's counterchallenge.
Grammar. A group of forms of a verb, expressing inception, duration, completion, repetition, etc.; the quality of a verb by which it represents such features. M19.
III. Appearance.
The look a person wears; expression; countenance. LME.
Milton But soon his cleer aspect Returned. Byron Ah! he unveils his aspect; on his brow The thunder-scars are graven. J. C. Oates If he did appear, his aspect was so greatly changed she could not recognize him.
The appearance presented by an object to the eye; look. LME.
R. Sutcliff Later that evening the tumble-down shelter bore a much more cheerful aspect.
b. Any of a number of different lights that can be shown by a railway signal. E20.
A sight. E17-E18.
Defoe That he saw such Aspects..I never believ'd.
The appearance presented by circumstances etc. to the mind. E18.
W. Penn Matters seem to look of a better aspect.
Comb.: aspect ratio gen. a ratio of height or length to width; spec. (of an aerofoil or a bird's wing) orig. the ratio of the span to the mean chord, now usu. the ratio of the square of the span to the surface area.
aspected adjective having an aspect (usu. specified) L16.
aspectful adjective (rare) having favourable aspect, benignant E17.
a'spectual adjective (a) rare of or pertaining to a planetary aspect or planetary aspects; (b) of or pertaining to grammatical aspect: L15.

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