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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respective \Re*spec"tive\ (r?*sp?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. respectif
LL respectivus See {Respect}.]
1. Noticing with attention; hence careful; wary;
considerate. [Obs.]
If you look upon the church of England with a
respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this
charge. --A?p. Sandys.
2. Looking towardl having reference to relative, not
absolute; as the respective connections of society.
3. Relating to particular persons or things each to each
particular; own as they returned to their respective
places of abode.
4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.]
With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
--Chapman.
With thy equals familiar, yet respective. --Lord
Burleigh
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
respective
adj : considered individually; "the respective club members";
"specialists in their several fields"; "the various
reports all agreed" [syn: {respective(a)}, {several(a)},
{various(a)}]
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