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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-[?]-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.] 1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. [bd]The respectable quarter of Sicca.[b8] --J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. --Madison. 2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. --{Re*spect"a*ble*ness},n. -- {Re*spect"a*bly}, adv. | |
