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respectful, a.|rɪˈspɛktfʊl|
[f. respect n.]
†1. Mindful, heedful, careful (of something). Obs.
1598Chapman Iliad i. 151 O thou impudent! of no good but thine owne, Euer respectfull. c1611Ibid. xxiii. 63 Being aliue, I found thy memorie Euer respectfull. 1650Venner Via Recta 280, I advise all such as are respectfull of their health. 1663Gerbier Counsel (1664) 34 All those who have made..their respectfull observations of the Dimensions the Creatour hath been pleased to give to..Man.
†b. Considerate (to something). Obs. rare.
1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 372 It is the most perverse and least respectful punishment of all those that befall sinfull man. a1665Goodwin Filled w. Spirit (1867) 225 If..God were so far indulgent or respectful to the zealous desires of men.
†2. Worthy of, or commanding, respect. Obs.
1650R. Gentilis Consid. 64 Alcibiades..strives to become great and make himselfe respectfull by contending with great ones. 1659Fuller App. Inj. Innoc. ii. x. 94 The like is frequent in many respectfull Families in England. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. Introd. Rem. 7/1 Both of these [persons] have a respectful Character in the Churches of this Wilderness.
3. Full of, exhibiting, or marked by respect.
1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 87 The People with a low and respectful Voice, wished him all Happiness and Prosperity. 1707Norris Treat. Humility vi. 244 Humility is the most respectful inferiour, and the most obedient subject in the world. 1737[S. Berington] Mem. G. de Lucca (1738) 60, I..stood gazing, tho' at a respectful Distance, at the Bassa's beautiful Daughter. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xliv, Ludovico received the sword with a respectful bow. 1830Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. xiii. 296 The funeral was, of course, quite private—only ourselves, in a mourning coach—but handsome and respectful. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 7 The respectful attention shown to him by Socrates.
b. Const. of.
1846D. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook Wks. 1864 IV. 444, I must..above all make it respectful of money. 1892Harper's Mag. Sept. 504/2 A moderate man, respectful of tradition and of the established order of things. |