respice finem

phrase

look to the end; consider the final outcome

OriginLatin respice fīnem →
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Meanings

phrase

alternative finem respice

  1. look to the end; consider the final outcome

    Miſtris reſpice finem, reſpect your end, or rather the propheſie like the Parrat, beware the ropes end.

    c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 95, column 2

Origin

  1. Latinrespice fīnem
  2. Englishrespice finem

From Latin respice fīnem.

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