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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ESTEE'M, v.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. Deutoronomy 32.
They that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 2 Samuel 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. Romans 14.
4. To compare in value; to estimate by proportion. [Little used.]
ESTEE'M, n. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant: disesteem]
2: a feeling of delighted approval and liking [syn: admiration, esteem]
3: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect] v
1: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect]
2: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century 1. archaic worth, value 2. archaic opinion, judgment 3. the regard in which one is held; especially high regard <the esteem we all feel for her> II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English estemen to estimate, from Anglo-French estimer, from Latin aestimare Date: 15th century 1. archaic appraise 2. a. to view as ; consider <esteem it a privilege> b. think, believe 3. to set a high value on ; regard highly and prize accordingly <an esteemed guest> Synonyms: see regard

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (usu. in passive) have a high regard for; greatly respect; think favourably of. 2 formal consider, deem (esteemed it an honour). --n. high regard; respect; favour (held them in esteem). Etymology: ME f. OF estimer f. L aestimare fix the price of

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Esteem 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Esteem 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Esteem 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(esteems, esteeming, esteemed) 1. Esteem is the admiration and respect that you feel towards another person. (FORMAL) He is held in high esteem by colleagues in the construction industry... 2. If you esteem someone or something, you respect or admire them. (FORMAL) I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle. VERB: V n 3. see also self-esteem

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

es-tem' (chashabh; hegeomai):

"To esteem" means sometimes simply "to think" or "reckon"; in other connections it means "to regard as honorable" or "valuable." We have examples of both senses in the Bible. The word most often so translated in the Old Testament is chashabh, meaning perhaps originally, "to bind," hence, "combine," "think," "reckon" (Job 41:27 the King James Version; Isa 29:16,17; 53:4; La 4:2). In Isa 53:3 we have the word in the higher sense, "We esteemed him not." This sense is expressed also by `arakh, "to set in array," "in order" (Job 36:19, the King James Version "Will he esteem thy riches?" the English Revised Version "Will thy riches suffice?" margin "Will thy cry avail?" which the American Standard Revised Version adopts as the text); also by tsaphan, "to hide," "to conceal" (Job 23:12, the King James Version "I have esteemed the words of his mouth," the Revised Version (British and American) "treasured up"); qalah, "to be light," is translated "lightly esteemed" (1Sa 18:23, "I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed"), also qalal, same meaning (1Sa 2:30, "They that despise me shall be lightly esteemed"). In the New Testament, hegeomai, "to lead out," is used in the sense of "counting honorable," etc. (Php 2:3 the Revised Version (British and American) "counting"; 1Th 5:13; perhaps Heb 11:26, but the Revised Version (British and American) has simply "accounting"); krino, "to judge," is used in the sense of "to reckon" (Ro 14:5 twice); also logizomai, "to reckon" (Ro 14:14, the Revised Version (British and American) "accounteth"); hupselos, "high," "exalted," is rendered "highly esteemed" in Lu 16:15 the King James Version, but in the Revised Version (British and American) "exalted"; exoutheneo, "to think nothing of," is translated "least esteemed" (1Co 6:4 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "of no account").

The following changes in the Revised Version (British and American) are of interest: for "He that is despised and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread" (Pr 12:9), "Better is he that is lightly esteemed"; for "Better is he than both they, which hath not yet been" (Ec 4:3), "Better than them both did I esteem him," margin "Better than they both is he"; for "Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay" (Isa 29:16), "Ye turn things upside down!" (margin, "Oh your perversity!"), "Shall the potter be esteemed (the English Revised Version "counted") as clay," etc.--in this connection a forcible assertion of the necessary possession of knowledge by the Creator of man.

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Estimate, appreciate, value, rate, reckon, set a value on. 2. Admire, like, prize, value, appreciate (highly), honor, revere, respect, think well of, think highly of, set a high value on. 3. Regard, consider, deem, think, account, believe, hold, suppose, imagine, fancy, look upon as. II. n. 1. Estimation, estimate, appreciation, valuation, reckoning, account, opinion, judgment. 2. Respect, reverence, honor, credit, high regard, favorable opinion.

Moby Thesaurus

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