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respected |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Respect \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: respected adj 1: receiving deferential regard; "a respected family" [syn: {well-thought-of}] 2: having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" [syn: {glorious}, {illustrious}, {redoubtable}]
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