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Webster 1913 Edition


Esteem

Es-teem′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Esteemed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Esteeming
.]
[F.
estimer
, L.
aestimare
,
aestumare
, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr.
ish
to seek, strive, and E.
ask
. Cf.
Aim
,
Estimate
.]
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.

Es-teem′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
estime
. See
Esteem
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
Most dear in the
esteem

And poor in worth!
Shakespeare
I will deliver you, in ready coin,
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.
[L. estimo; Gr. to honor or esteem.]
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.
Estimation; opinion or judgment of merit or demerit. This man is of no worth in my esteem.
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

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Noun

esteem (uncountable)

  1. favourable regard

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esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)

  1. 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.
  2. To regard something as valuable; to prize.
  3. 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.
  4. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
    The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

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