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by-view en · NOUN

Etymology

From by- + view.

Meanings

1. A private or selfish view; a self-interested aim or purpose.
   • [N]o Man's Importunities ſhall weary him, no Man's Flattery ſhall bribe him, no By-views of his own ſhall miſlead him: He will arm himſelf perfectly in his Integrity; […] 1706 October 8 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preach’d in the Guild-Hall Chapel, London, Sept. 28. 1706. Being the Day of the Election of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P. [Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1708, →OCLC, page 415:

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