respectant

English

Etymology

French, present participle of respecter.

Adjective

respectant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, numismatics) Placed so as to face one another; face to face.
    • 2006, Signal Corps →ISBN; page 43)
      The sun is surmounted on either side by two white lions, respectant and sitting on an orange scroll inscribed UTMOST OF OUR ABILITY in gold letters.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for respectant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Catalan

Verb

respectant

  1. present participle of respectar

French

Verb

respectant

  1. present participle of respecter

Latin

Verb

respectant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of respectō
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