Es*teem" , n. [Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.]
1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
Most dear in
the esteem
And poor in worth!
Shak. 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.
Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.
Shak. Syn. -- See Estimate, n.
Es*teem" , v. 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" (?), v. 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. You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
Tennyson. Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate.
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