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Definition of Respected
1. Adjective. Receiving deferential regard. "A respected family"
Definition of Respected
1. Adjective. Describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation. ¹
2. Verb. (past of respect) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Respected
1. respect [v] - See also: respect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respected
Literary usage of Respected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"(l36) Italy was protected by the arms of its conqueror ; and its frontiers were
respected by the Barbarians oí Gaul and Germany, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Such decisions alone gave the court jurisdiction; and therefore, while they are
to be 4*] respected *as the judgments of learned judges, they are yet in the ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"The writers are, for the most part, neither respected nor flattered—however they
may be occasionally feared—because there is not one among them worth even . ..."
4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"A Respected FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT. IN the evening of this same foggy day when
the yellow window-blind of ..."
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