What does "respective" mean?
Respective: Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.
Additional senses
- 2.Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3.Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.] With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands. Chapman. With thy equals familiar, yet respective. Lord Burleigh.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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