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† ˈby-reˌspect Obs.
Also 7 bie-.
[f. by- 3 c, d + respect n.]
Regard to something other than the ostensible main object; a side aim or motive; a by-consideration.
1585Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 341 Nor any other by⁓respect in the world was able to stay them. 1655Gouge Comm. Heb. iii. 12. 362 Many make profession on bie⁓respects..to serue their own turns. 1703Burkitt On N.T. John vi. 27 How natural it is for men to seek Christ for sinister ends and by-respects. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |