aspect
/ˈæspɛkt/ verb C2- To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
- To channel a divine being.
He/she/it aspects · Past aspected · Past participle aspected · -ing form aspecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- aspect
- He/she/it
- aspects
- Past
- aspected
- Past participle
- aspected
- -ing form
- aspecting
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Everyone looked with astonishment on that grave and severe face, whose calm expression personal griefs had been unable to disturb, and the aspect of a man who was a stranger to all human emotions excited something very like terror.
“I was at the festival of my marriage, monsieur,” said the young man, his voice slightly tremulous, so great was the contrast between that happy moment and the painful ceremony he was now undergoing; so great was the contrast between the sombre aspect of M.
Morrel, with a mournful shake of his head, “the thing has assumed a more serious aspect than I expected.”
I have seen death in many forms, but never has it appeared to me in a more fearsome aspect than in that dark grimy apartment, which looked out upon one of the main arteries of suburban London.
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