respective
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Is respective a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.Examples: "c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin But if you looke upon the estate of the church of England with a respective eye , you cannot with a good conscience refuse this charge imposed upon you"not-comparableobsolete
2. (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.Examples: "the respective connections of society"not-comparableobsolete
3. (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.Examples: "What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,"not-comparableobsolete
4. (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.Examples: "With a respective shame, rose, took us by the hands."; "a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young With thy equals familiar, yet respective."not-comparableobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary