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noun

Esteem n.

Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. "Most dear in the esteem And poor in worth!" "I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave."

High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. "Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem."

Synonyms: See Estimate, n.

verb

Esteem v. t. (past & past part. esteemed; pres. part. esteeming)

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." "Thou shouldst (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."

To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. "Will he esteem thy riches?" "You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it."

Synonyms: To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate.

Esteem 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."

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... slavery thus moved southwest because of changing economic conditions, not because of any inherent opposition to the system. This gradual weeding out of the slaves in Virginia may very possibly account for the general esteem in which Virginia negroes have been held. To indicate the character of those sold South, Bracket[2] gives a quotation from a Baltimore paper of 1851 which advertised some good Negroes to be "exchanged for servants suitable for the ...

— The Negro Farmer • Carl Kelsey

... to the reader—if I ever have one besides my granddaughter Gertrude—whether in this case of the trouble of Rowena Fewkes and her marriage to Magnus Thorkelson, I did anything by which I ought to have forfeited the esteem of my neighbors, of the Reverend and Mrs. Thorndyke, or of Virginia Royall. I never in all my life acted in a manner which was more in accordance to the dictates of my conscience. You have seen how badly I behaved, or tended to behave in the past, and lost no friends by it. In a long life ...

— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick

... suffrage bill similar to that passed in Illinois in 1913. This was agreed upon and General G. T. Fitzhugh of Memphis drew up the bill. His services were of great value to suffrage interests because both as a citizen and a member of the bar he was held in the highest esteem. From this time until the State Supreme Court decision of 1919 removed the last barrier to this bill he was a valued friend and adviser, and was associate counsel in the last legal battle on ratification from the Chancery to the Supreme Court—all ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various

... state of mind or had he been dealing with any other than a matter of love. But in the circumstances it gave him heart and set him to work with an energy and effectiveness which still further increased Mr. Malcolm's esteem for him. ...

— The Great God Success • John Graham (David Graham Phillips)

... descent, nor that ye should set yourselves in opposition to us by rendering assistance to others; but it is fitting that ye keep still and remain by yourselves: for if things happen according to my mind, I shall not esteem any people to be of greater consequence than you." Having heard this the Argives, it is said, considered it a great matter; and therefore at first they made no offer of help nor did they ask for any share; but afterwards, when the Hellenes tried to get them ...

— The History Of Herodotus - Volume 2 (of 2) • Herodotus

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