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# To regard something as [[valuable]]; to [[prize]]. |
# To regard something as [[valuable]]; to [[prize]]. |
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# To look upon something in a [[particular]] way. |
# To look upon something in a [[particular]] way. |
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#* {{RQ:KJV|Deuteronomy|32|15}} |
#* {{RQ:KJV|Deuteronomy|32|15|passage=Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly '''esteemed''' the Rock of his salvation.}} |
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#*: Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly '''esteemed''' the Rock of his salvation. |
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#* '''1535''', {{w|Edmund Bonner}}, ''De vera obedientia'' by Stephen Gardiner (Preface) |
#* '''1535''', {{w|Edmund Bonner}}, ''De vera obedientia'' by Stephen Gardiner (Preface) |
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#*: Thou shouldest (gentle reader) '''esteem''' his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. |
#*: Thou shouldest (gentle reader) '''esteem''' his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. |
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====Antonyms==== |
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* {{antsense|to regard with respect}} {{l|en|contemn}}, {{l|en|despise}} |
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* {{antsense|to regard as valuable}} {{l|en|scorn}}, {{l|en|slight}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|to regard with respect}} |
{{trans-top|to regard with respect}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|уважавам}}, {{t+|bg|почитам}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|уважавам}}, {{t+|bg|почитам}} |
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* Czech: {{t|cs|uznávat|impf}}, {{t|cs|uctívat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|respektovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|ctít|impf}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|uznávat|impf}}, {{t|cs|uctívat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|respektovat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|ctít|impf}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|achten}}, {{t+|nl|waarderen}}, {{t+|nl|prijzen}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|achten}}, {{t+|nl|waarderen}}, {{t+|nl|prijzen}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kunnioittaa}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kunnioittaa}} |
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* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|stimà}} |
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|stimà}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|цени́ть|impf}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|цени́ть|impf}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|uppskattning|c}} |
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[[Category:English 2-syllable words]] |
[[Category:English 2-syllable words]] |
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==Galician== |
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===Verb=== |
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# {{gl-reinteg-verb form of|estear}} |
Revision as of 11:45, 2 June 2024
Englisch
Alternative forms
Etymology
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestimō (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.
Pronunciation
Nomen
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
- Favourable regard.
- We hold her in high esteem.
Derived terms
Translations
favourable regard
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Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect oder reverence.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 36:19:
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15:
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 9, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. V, The English”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
- 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.
- (dated) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to regard with respect”): contemn, despise
- (antonym(s) of “to regard as valuable”): scorn, slight
Translations
to regard with respect
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to regard as valuable
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References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “esteem”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “esteem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “esteem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
esteem
- (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of estear:
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