by-respect
By-respect
By"-re*spect`\ (b[imac]"r[-e]*sp[e^]kt`), n. Private end or view; by-interest. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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