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re·spec·tive (ri spek′tiv)
adjective
- as relates individually to each of two or more persons or things; several they went their respective ways
- Obsolete worthy of respect
- Obsolete heedful; attentive
Etymology: ML respectivus < L respectus: see respect
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Modifies a noun
- owner: All group data is Copyright to its respective owners.
Modifying Another Word
- there: They were all equivalent power to him in there respective countries.
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