[ret.ro.spect] n [prob. fr. retro- + prospect] (1602) 1 archaic: reference to or regard of a precedent or authority
2: a review of or meditation on past events -- in retrospect : in considering the past or a past event
[2]retrospect adj (1709): retrospective [3]retrospect vi (1659) 1: to engage in retrospection
2: to refer back: reflect ~ vt: to go back over in thought