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Webster 1913 Edition
Esteem
Es-teem′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Esteemed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Esteeming
.] 1.
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly
esteemed
the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15.
Thou shouldst (gentle reader)
esteem
his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner.
Famous men, – whose scientific attainments were
esteemed
hardly less than supernatural. Hawthorne.
2.
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
Will he
esteem
thy riches? Job xxxvi. 19.
Syn. – To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See
Appreciate
, Estimate
. Es-teem′
,Verb.
I.
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
[Obs.]
We ourselves
esteem
not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton.
1.
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
Most dear in the
And poor in worth!
esteem
And poor in worth!
Shakespeare
I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear’st
The full and dear’st
esteem
of what you crave. J. Webster.
2.
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
Syn. – See
Estimate
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Esteem
ESTEE'M
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set a value on, whether high or low; to estimate; to value.Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. Deut.32.
They that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Sam.2.
2.
To prize; to set a high value on; to regard with reverence, respect or friendship. When our minds are not biased, we always esteem the industrious, the generous, the brave, the virtuous, and the learned.Will he esteem thy riches? Job.36.
3.
To hold in opinion; to repute; to think.One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Rom.14.
4.
To compare in value; to estimate by proportion. [Little used.]ESTEE'M
,Noun.
1.
High value or estimation; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.Both those poets lived in much esteem with good and holy men in orders.