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es⋅teem

  [i-steem]
Use esteem in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration: I esteem him for his honesty.
2. to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard: I esteem it worthless.
3. Obsolete. to set a value on; appraise.
–noun
4. favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard: to hold a person in esteem.
5. Archaic. opinion or judgment; estimation; valuation.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME estemen, < MF estimer < L aestimāre to fix the value of

Synonyms:
1. honor, revere, respect. See appreciate. 4. favor, admiration, honor, reverence, veneration. See respect.

Antonyms:
1. disdain.
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es·teem   (ĭ-stēm')   
tr.v.   es·teemed, es·teem·ing, es·teems
  1. To regard with respect; prize. See Synonyms at appreciate.
  2. To regard as; consider: esteemed it an honor to help them.
n.  
  1. Favorable regard. See Synonyms at regard.
  2. Archaic Judgment; opinion.

[Middle English estemen, to appraise, from Old French estimer, from Latin aestimāre.]
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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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : esteem
Spanish: apreciar, estimar,
German: achten,
Japanese: 尊重する
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esteem 
c.1450, from M.Fr. estimer, from L. æstimare "to value, appraise," perhaps ult. from *ais-temos "one who cuts copper," i.e. mints money. At first used as we would now use estimate; sense of "value, respect" is 1532.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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