What does by-respect mean?

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by-respect

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Frequency: 5.02 in modern English

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Obsolete

"From hence I may reasonably conclude, that Augustus, who was not altogether to good as he was wife, had some by-respect in the enacting of this law"

by-respects (plural)

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