ESTEEM
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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.
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Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deut. xxxii. 15.
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Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
Bp. Gardiner.
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Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
Hawthorne.
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2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
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Will he esteem thy riches?
Job xxxvi. 19.
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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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Es*teem", v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [Obs.]
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We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force.
Milton.
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Es*teem", n. [Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.] 1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
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Most dear in the esteem
And poor in worth!
Shak.
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I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave.
J. Webster.
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2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
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Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.
Shak.
Syn. -- See Estimate, n.
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