| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·tro·spect |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n tr -sp kt , ntr-spkt |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects
To engage in introspection. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin intr spicere, intrspect-, to look into : intr-, within; see en in Appendix I + specere, to look at; see spek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | intro·spective —ADJECTIVE
intro·spective·ly —ADVERB
intro·spective·ness —NOUN
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