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/rɪspˈɛktɪv/ /rispˈɛktɪv/ Listen

adjective

Respective adj.

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."

Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.

Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.

Fitted to awaken respect. (Obs.)

Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. (Obs.) "With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands." "With thy equals familiar, yet respective."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Respective" Quotes from Famous Books

... soles of his feet (which somehow seemed to stick out in my direction in a sort of repentant fashion whenever he made his obeisances), I felt that I liked him more than ever, and debated within myself whether or not I should tell him all I had been fancying concerning our respective sisters. When he had finished his prayers, he lay down upon the bed near me, and, propping himself upon his elbow, looked at me in silence, with a kindly, yet abashed, expression. Evidently he found it difficult to do this, yet meant thus to punish himself. Then I smiled and returned ...

— Youth • Leo Tolstoy

... addressing his companion. "There it bursts," and a puff of white smoke expanded itself in the air fifty yards above one of our batteries posted on a ridge on the left. Two pieces gave quick reply. "Officers, to your posts," shouted an aide-de-camp, and forthwith the officers galloped to their respective commands. ...

— Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals - As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac • William H. Armstrong

... material heritage—so surely the sins done or the habits acquired by the body beyond the scope of consciousness may taint or clarify this consciousness now. Indeed, the idea we form of ourselves and of our respective experiences is a figment of vanity, a product of dramatic imagination, without cognitive import save as a reading of the hidden forces, physical or divine, which have formed us and actually ...

— Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy - Five Essays • George Santayana

... cast a glance of alarm at Mr. Dod and Miss Portheris, who were raptly exchanging views as to the respective merits of a cleek and a brassey shot given certain peculiar bunkers and a sandy green—as if two infatuated people talking golf would have ...

— A Voyage of Consolation - (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An - American girl in London') • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... of the specimens of ore which he produced a moment later, his two companions became nearly as enthusiastic as himself. Leaning eagerly forward, they began an inspection of the samples, commenting on their respective values, while Whitcomb, unfolding a tracing of the workings of the mine, explained the locality from which each piece was taken, its depth from the surface, the width and dip of the vein, and other items ...

— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour

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