Re*spect" , n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v.,
and cf. Respite.]
1. The act
of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution.
But he it well did ward
with wise respect.
Spenser.
2. Esteem; regard; consideration;
honor.
Seen without awe, and served without respect.
Prior. The
same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect.
R.
Nelson. 3. pl. An expression of respect of
deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.
4. Reputation; repute.
[Obs.]
Many of
the best respect in Rome.
Shak. 5. Relation; reference; regard.
They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had
several titles.
Tillotson.
4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects.
Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many
respects.
Tillotson. In one respect I'll be thy assistant.
Shak.
7. Consideration; motive; interest.
[Obs.] "Whatever secret
respects were likely
to move them." Hooker.
To the publik good
Private
respects must yield.
Milton. In respect, in comparison. [Obs.]
Shak. -- In respect
of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] Shak. (b) As to; in regard
to. [Archaic] "Monsters
in respect of their bodies." Bp.
Wilkins. "In respect of these matters." Jowett.
(Thucyd.) -- In, or With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects.
Tillotson. -- To have
respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of
friendship, power, wealth, etc. "It is not good
to have respect of persons in judgment." Prov. xxiv.
23.
Syn. -- Deference; attention; regard; consideration;
estimation. See Deference.
Re*spect" (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n. Respecting.]
[L.
respectare, v. intens. from
respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.] 1. To take notice of; to
regard with special attention; to regard as
worthy of special consideration;
hence, to care for; to heed.
Thou respectest not spilling
Edward's blood.
Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs.
Bacon. 2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul." Shak.
3. To look toward; to front upon or
toward. [Obs.]
Palladius
adviseth the front of his house
should so respect the
&?;&?;uth.
Sir T.
Browne. 4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
To whom my father gave this name of
Gaspar,
And as his own respected him to death.
B.
Jonson. 5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to;
as, the treaty particularly
respects our commerce.
As
respects, as regards; with regard to; as to.
Macaulay. -- To respect the person or persons,
to favor a person, or
persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment." Deut. i.
17.
Syn. -- To
regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
Hear it pronounced