n. Private end or view; by-interest. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To show disrespect to. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lack of respectability. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disrespects. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil;
a. Showing lack of respect; disrespectful. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Irrespective of,
adv. Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better and more desirable than adversity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the &unr_;&unr_;uth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar,
And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
As respects,
To respect the person
To respect the persons
n. [ L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite. ]
But he it well did ward with wise respect. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seen without awe, and served without respect. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. R. Nelson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
In one respect I'll be thy assistant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To the publik good
Private respects must yield. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
In respect,
In respect of.
In respect to,
With respect to
To have respect of persons,
n. The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. respectable, LL. respectabilis. ]
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ F., p. pr. of respecter. See Respect. ] (Her.) Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who respects. [ 1913 Webster ]
A respecter of persons,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Marked or characterized by respect;
With humble joy and with respectful fear. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
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prep. With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning;
n. [ Cf.LL. respectio. ] The act of respecting; respect; regard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. respectif, LL. respectivus. See Respect. ]
If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this charge. A&unr_;p. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
With thy equals familiar, yet respective. Lord Burleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no respect; without regard; regardless. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rather than again
Endure, respectless, their so moving c&unr_;ies. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a.
n. Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Disrespect. [ Obs. ] “Unrespect of her toil.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
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