Obs. Also 7 bie- [f. BY- 3 c, d + RESPECT sb.] Regard to something other than the ostensible main object; a side aim or motive; a by-consideration.
1585. Abp. Sandys, Serm. (1841), 341. Nor any other by-respect in the world was able to stay them.
1655. Gouge, Comm. Heb. iii. 12. 362. Many make profession on bie-respects … to serue their own turns.
1703. Burkitt, On N. T., John vi. 27. How natural it is for men to seek Christ for sinister ends and by-respects.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
