Esteem | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Es-teem', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ESTEEMED; p. pr. & vb. n. ESTEEMING.] [Fr. estimer, Pr., Sp., & Pg. estimar, It. estimare, stimare, Lat. æstimare, æstumare, from æs, brass, copper, money, with the ending tumare.]

Sense 1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Rom. xiv. 5.

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15.

Sense 2. To set a high value on; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. “Will he esteem thy riches?” Job xxxvi. 19.

Synonyms—To estimate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See ESTIMATE.

Es-teem’, v. i.

verbintransitive

To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.

We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton.

Es-teem’, n.

noun

n. [Fr. estime, Pr., Sp., & Pg. estima, It. stima. See supra.] 1. Opinion or judgment of value; estimate; valuation; price. [Obs.] “The full esteem in gold.” J. Webster. I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full dear’st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster. 2. High value or estimation; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. Both those poets lived in much esteem with good and holy men in orders. Dryden.