in respect

in respect

1. (obsolete) By comparison, comparatively.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:

     , vol.1, New York, 2001, p.388:

     they […] still think their melancholy to be most grievous, none so bad as they are, though it be nothing in respect […].

• in respect of

• 'prentices, inspecter, prentices, prescient, reinspect