In`tro*spec"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]

1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising,

inspection; self-conscious.

2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical

phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. J. S. Mill.

In`tro*sume" (?), v. t. [Pref. intro- + L. sumere to take.] To draw in;

to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.

In`tro*sus*cep"tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of receiving within.

The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which

becomes evil thereby.

Coleridge.

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