The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. ``I do respect thee as my soul.''
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To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the ??uth.
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To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death.
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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 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.Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
Usage examples of "as respects".
For they are more truly rich in possessing virtue, since by it, even as respects things necessary for the body, they are content with what they have.
This is the amount of the protection which, under the laws of this country, the most powerful nobleman can give to his own daughter as respects her husband.
Mississippi, Louisiana, and now Congress, as respects the district of Columbia, in which Washington is built, have all passed severe laws against the practice of duelling, which is universal.
It is true that white cunning has managed to throw the tribes into great confusion, as respects friends and enemies.
The treatment of those confined is, as far as respects their food, very good: great care is taken that the nourishment is of that nature that the prisoners may not suffer from the indigestion arising from want of exercise.