esteem

noun

1. 1

   Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.

   We hold her in high esteem.

verb

1. 1

   To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.

   Will he esteem thy riches?

   You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.

2. 2

   To regard something as valuable; to prize.

3. 3

   To look upon something in a particular way.

   Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

   Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.

   Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.

   And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.

4. 4

   datedTo judge; to estimate; to appraise

   The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

Forms

plural

esteems

past tense

esteemed

past participle

esteemed

present participle

esteeming

third person singular

esteems