Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare,
   v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect;
   pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F.
   respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.]
   1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to
      regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care
      for; to heed.

            Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak.

            In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect
            beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and
            herbs.                                --Bacon.

   2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. ``I do
      respect thee as my soul.'' --Shak.

   3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]

            Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so
            respect the ??uth.                    --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]

            To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as
            his own respected him to death.       --B. Jonson.

   5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as,
      the treaty particularly respects our commerce.

   {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay.
      

   {To respect the person} or {persons}, to favor a person, or
      persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. ``Ye shall
      not respect persons in judgment.'' --Deut. i. 17.

   Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.