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6. (Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth. Milton.

The aspects which two planets can assume are five; sextile, &?;, when the planets are 60° apart; quartile, or quadrate, &?;, when their distance is 90° or the quarter of a circle; trine, &?;, when the distance is 120°; opposition, &?;, when the distance is 180°, or half a circle; and conjunction, &?;, when they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human affairs, in some situations for good and in others for evil.

7. (Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect. Shak.

The astrologers call the evil influences of the stars evil aspects. Bacon.

Aspect of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane.

As*pect" (&?;), v. t. [L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See Aspect, n.] To behold; to look at. [Obs.]

As*pect"a*ble (&?;), a. [L. aspectabilis.] Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

As*pect"ant (&?;), a. (Her.) Facing each other.

As*pect"ed, a. Having an aspect. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

As*pec"tion (&?;), n. [L. aspectio, fr. aspicere to look at.] The act of viewing; a look. [Obs.]

{ Asp"en (s"pn), Asp (sp), } n. [AS. æsp, æps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ösp, Dan. æsp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, äspe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.

Asp"en (s"pn), a. Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.

Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.

As"per (s"pr), a. [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.

||As"per (s"pr), n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark () placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced hs, "rh`twr, pronounced hr"tr.

||As"per, n. [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron, 'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).] A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

As"per*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Asperating.] [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper rough.] To make rough or uneven.

The asperated part of its surface. Boyle.

As`per*a"tion (&?;), n. The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey.

||As*per"ges (&?;), n. [L., Thou shalt sprinkle.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. (b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

{ As"per*gill (&?;), ||As`per*gil"lum (&?;), } n. [LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.] 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]

2. (Zoöl.) See Wateringpot shell.

As`per*gil"li*form (&?;), a. [Aspergillum + -form.] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray.

{ As`per*i*fo"li*ate (&?;), As`per*i*fo"li*ous (&?;), } a. [L. asper rough + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having rough leaves.

By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts.

As*per"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Asperities (&?;). [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle.

2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.

3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.