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By-respect

By-respect \By"-re*spect`\ (b[imac]"r[-e]*sp[e^]kt`), n. Private end or view; by-interest. [Obs.]
--Dryden.

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by-respect

n. (context obsolete English) Private end or view; by-interest.

Usage examples of "by-respect".

Deny thy own wit, will, and vanities, and lay aside all by-respects, and I shall warrand thou shalt come running, and get Christ in thy arms.