respect

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. “I do respect thee as my soul.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the &unr_;&unr_;uth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar,
And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to. Macaulay. --
To respect the person or
To respect the persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. “Ye shall not respect persons in judgment.” Deut. i. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. respectable, LL. respectabilis. ] 1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. “The respectable quarter of Sicca.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. -- Re*spect"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, one who regards or judges with partiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. [ 1913 Webster ]

With humble joy and with respectful fear. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*spect"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.LL. respectio. ] The act of respecting; respect; regard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]