by-interest
English edit
Noun edit
- Self-interest; private advantage.
- a. 1732, Lewis Atterbury, “Sermon I. The Nature and Necessity of Faith in God.”, in Sermons on Select Subjects. […], volume I, London: […] Thomas Osborne, […], published 1743, →OCLC, pages 16–17:
- It is a very difficult Matter to think of God aright, for either our Underſtandings, are blinded by the Clouds of our Paſſions, or led aſide by ſome By-intereſt or prevailing Affection; and hence proceed moſt of theſe extravagant Conceipts, concerning the Deity, entertained by the Generality.
References edit
- “by-interest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.