by-respect
English
Noun
by-respect (plural by-respects)
- (obsolete) Private end or view; by-interest.
- c. 1692, John Dryden, Discourse on Satire
- From hence I may reasonably conclude, that Augustus, who was not altogether to good as he was wife, had some by-respect in the enacting of this law
- c. 1692, John Dryden, Discourse on Satire
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for by-respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- cyberpets