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English
Noun
by-interest
- 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.
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