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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.
Definition 2024
esteem
esteem
English
Alternative forms
Noun
esteem (uncountable)
Derived terms
Translations
favourable regard
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Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- Tennyson
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Mary is an esteemed member of the community.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 15
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Bishop Gardiner
- Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Hawthorne
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. V, The English
- And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well- conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to regard with respect
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to regard as valuable