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Webster 1913 Edition

By-respect

By′-re-spectˊ

(bī′rē̍-spĕktˊ)

,

Noun.

Private end or view; by-interest.

[Obs.]

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

By-respect

BY-RESPECT'

,

Noun.

Private end, or view.

Definition 2024

by-respect

by-respect

English

Noun

by-respect ‎(plural by-respects)

(obsolete) Private end or view; by-interest.
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