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| 1. | worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration. |
| 2. | capable of being estimated. |
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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimāre, to value.] es'ti·ma·ble·ness n., es'ti·ma·bly adv. |
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| estimable | |
adjective | |
| 1. | deserving of respect or high regard [ant: contemptible] |
| 2. | deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" |
| 3. | may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets" [syn: computable] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Estimable
Es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.]1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. --Paley. . 2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.] A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. --Shak. 3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard. A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. --Sir W. Temple.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Estimable
Es"ti*ma*ble\, n. A thing worthy of regard. [R.] One of the peculiar estimables of her country. --Sir T. Browne.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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