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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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First at end of 16th century; borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|estimer}}, from {{bor|en|la| |
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|estimer}}, from {{bor|en|la|aestimō||to value, rate, weigh, estimate}}; see {{doublet|en|notext=1|estimate}} and [[aim]], an older word, partly a doublet of ''esteem''. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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Revision as of 15:20, 4 September 2019
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
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): [ɛsˈtiːm] - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Rhymes: -iːm
Nomen
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
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.
- Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- Tennyson
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- Bible, Job xxxvi. 19
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Mary is an esteemed member of the community.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 15
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Bishop Gardiner
- Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Hawthorne
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. V, The English
- 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.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to regard with respect
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to regard as valuable
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.
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