Defn: The act of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.]
Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale.
RESPECTIVE
Re*spec"tive (r*spk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. respectif, LL. respectivus.
See Respect.]
1. 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. A
2. Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.
3. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.
4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] Shak.
5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.] With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands. Chapman. With thy equals familiar, yet respective. Lord Burleigh.
RESPECTIVELY
Re*spec"tive*ly, adv.
1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty. The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon.
2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.