Esteem
[ɪ'stiːm;e-] or [ɪ'stim]
Definition
(noun.) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); 'it is held in esteem'; 'a man who has earned high regard'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
(v. t.) To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
(v. i.) To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
(v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
(v. t.) High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
Editor: Wendell
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Estimate, appreciate, value, rate, reckon, set a value on.[2]. Admire, like, prize, honor, revere, respect, think well of, think highly of, set a high value on.[3]. Regard, consider, deem, think, account, believe, suppose, imagine, hold, view, fancy, look upon.
n. [1]. Estimation, estimate, appreciation, valuation, reckoning, account, opinion, judgment.[2]. Respect, reverence, honor, credit, high regard, favorable opinion.
Editor: Lou
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Price, value, consider, deem, judge, believe, estimate, think, regard, affect,appreciate, revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, prize, love, like
ANT:Disregard, disconsider, disaffect, dislike, undervalue, underrate, decry,depreciate
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Definition
v.t. to set a high estimate or value on: to regard with respect or friendship: to consider or think.—n. high estimation or value: favourable regard.—p.adj. Esteemed′ respected.—adj. Es′timable that can be estimated or valued: worthy of esteem: deserving our good opinion.—adv. Es′timably.—v.t. Es′timāte to judge of the worth of a thing: to calculate.—n. reputation: a valuing in the mind: judgment or opinion of the worth or size of anything: a rough calculation: estimation.—n. Estimā′tion act of estimating: a reckoning of value: esteem honour: importance: conjecture.—adj. Es′timātive.—n. Es′timātor.—Hold in estimation to esteem highly.—The estimates accounts given before parliament showing the probable expenditure for the year.
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Examples
- The same theory accounts for the esteem and regard we pay to men of extraordinary parts and abilities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I wish continued success to the labours of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem, dear sir, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We need no other explication of that esteem, which attends such of the natural virtues, as have a tendency to the public good. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The book treats of the weakness of human kind, and is in little esteem, except among the women and the vulgar. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- With great and sincere esteem, I have the honour to be, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Kindness or esteem, and the appetite to generation, are too remote to unite easily together. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The principal reason why natural abilities are esteemed, is because of their tendency to be useful to the person, who is possessed of them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Now this may be esteemed an objection to the present system. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This artist is much encouraged and esteemed by the whole fraternity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Her woman's instinct had told her that it was George who had interrupted the success of her first love-passage, and she esteemed him accordingly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Every one of these relations is esteemed some tie, and gives a title to a share of our affection. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I know that you could be neither happy nor respectable, unless you truly esteemed your husband; unless you looked up to him as a superior. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She felt herself esteemed, needed almoSt. As they took coffee in the library, there was a soft, very soft knocking at the door. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She is hurt, as you would be for William; but she loves and esteems you with all her heart. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have always heard him spoken of as such, and your brother I know esteems him highly. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- But the fact of the world esteeming her father degraded, in its rough wholesale judgment, would have oppressed and irritated Mr. Lennox. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There are such clergymen, no doubt, but I think they are not so common as to justify Miss Crawford in esteeming it their general character. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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