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Connected with уважа́ть (uvažátʹ, to respect), which is (per Vasmer) borrowed from Polish uważać (to consider), in turn connected with German Waage (scales). By surface analysis, у- (u-) +‎ -важ- (-važ-) +‎ -ить (-itʹ).

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ува́жить (uvážitʹpf

  1. (colloquial) to consider
  2. (colloquial) to humor (someone)
  3. (colloquial) to respect
  4. (colloquial) to grant, to comply with (a request)

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