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respect
- /ɹɪˈspɛkt/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɹɪˈspekt/ Australia
- /ɹəˈspekt/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛkt
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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Italic *spekjō
Latin speciō
Latin respiciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin respectus
Old French respectbor.
Middle English respect
English respect
From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”), equivalent to re- + -spect. Doublet of respite.
The verb is derived from the noun.
noun respects · respeck · resp'ct
- An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem. He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
- Good opinion, honor, or admiration.
- Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death. The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
- A particular aspect, feature or detail of something. This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
- Good will; favor. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
verb respects · respecting · respected · respeck · resp'ct
- To have respect for. She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right. I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.
- To abide by an agreement. They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed. [T]hou reſpecteſt not ſpilling Edwards bloud: [...]
- To relate to; to be concerned with. Whatever they are else, they are always chastisements; and correction respects faults.
- To regard; to consider; to deem. [T]his my friend (knowen by no name) was found, / Being then a child and ſcarce of power to ſpeake, / To whom my father gaue this name of Gaſper, / And as his own reſpected him to death, [...]
- To look toward; to face. That Palladius adviſeth the front of his edifice ſhould ſo reſpect the South, that in the firſt angle it receive the riſing raies of the winter Sunne, and decline a little from the winter ſetting thereof.
interjection respeck · resp'ct
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