respectant

French, present participle of respecter.

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.

• “respectant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• center taps, penteracts

respectant

1. gerund of respectar

respectant

1. present participle of respecter

respectant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of respectō