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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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"Respective" Quotes from Famous Books

... thirty feet long, and through that into another not quite so long: so that in the outer circle were ten handsome rooms, six of which were only to be come at through the apartments of the inner tent, and served as closets or retired rooms to the respective chambers of the inner circle; and four large warehouses or barns, or what you please to call them, which went in through one another, two on either hand of the passage that led through the outer door to ...

— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) • Daniel Defoe

... only for the extraordinary physical endurance of the men who kept up a hot naval action for so many successive days, but also because the commanders-in-chief on either side, Monk and De Ruyter, were the most distinguished seamen, or rather sea-commanders, brought forth by their respective countries in the seventeenth century. Monk was possibly inferior to Blake in the annals of the English navy; but there is a general agreement that De Ruyter is the foremost figure, not only in the Dutch service, but among all ...

— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan

... not large, and we did not really get lost, and before it was quite dark, two very tired, shamefaced girls, with torn dresses and generally disreputable looks, stole into the back doors of their respective homes. ...

— Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic • Olive Thorne Miller

... make no political distinctions between squire and squire—hospitable and affable to all—still, by that very absence of exclusiveness, gave a tone to the politics of the whole county; and converted many who had once thought differently on the respective virtues of Whigs and Tories. A great man never loses so much as when he exhibits intolerance, or parades the right ...

— Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... away on their respective missions. All that Mrs. Waite had that would come anywhere near fitting Phil was a yellow robe that looked like a night gown. Phil grinned as he tucked it under his arm and hurried back to the menagerie tent. As he passed through the "big top" he saw that it was ...

— The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings • Edgar B. P. Darlington

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