by-respect

English

Noun

by-respect (plural by-respects)

1. (obsolete) self-interest
   • c. 1692, John Dryden, Discourse on Satire:

     From hence I may reasonably conclude, that Augustus, who was not altogether to good as he was wife, had some by-respect in the enacting of this law

References

• “by-respect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cyberpets