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esteeming

[ih-steem]

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verb (used with object)

to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration: I esteem him for his honesty.

to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard: I esteem it worthless.

Obsolete. to set a value on; appraise.

noun

favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard: to hold a person in esteem.

Archaic. opinion or judgment; estimation; valuation.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English estemen, < Middle French estimer < Latin aestimāre to fix the value of

Related forms

pre·es·teem, verb (used with object)

un·es·teemed, adjective

well-es·teemed, adjective

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

Antonyms
1. disdain.

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Word Origin & History

esteem

mid-15c., from M.Fr. estimer, from L. aestimare "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 1530s. Related: Esteemed; esteeming.

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"There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing; who even postpone the question of freedom to the question of free trade, and quietly read the prices-current along with the latest advices from Mexico, after dinner, and it may be, fall asleep over them both. What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have to regret. At most, they give only a cheap vote, and a feeble countenance and God-speed, to the right, as it goes by them. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man. But it is easier to deal with the real possessor of a thing than with the temporary guardian of it."

-Henry David Thoreau

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