• (a.) Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate. • (a.) Fitted to awaken respect. • (a.) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. • (a.) Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode. • (a.) Looking towardl having reference t... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/respective/
Re·spec'tive adjective [ Confer French respectif , Late Latin respectivus . See Respect .] 1. Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate. [ Obsolete] « If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/62