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   Esteem , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Esteemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming.] [F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask. Cf. Aim, Estimate.]
   To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
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   Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
   Deut. xxxii. 15.
   
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   Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
   Bp. Gardiner.
   
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   Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
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   Will he esteem thy riches?
   Job xxxvi. 19.
   
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   You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
   Tennyson.
   Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate.
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   Esteem, v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [Obs.]
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   We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force.
   Milton.
   
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   Esteem, n. [Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.]
   Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
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   Most dear in the esteem
   And poor in worth!
   Shak.
   
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   I will deliver you, in ready coin,
   The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave.
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   High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
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   Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.
   Shak.
   Syn. -- See Estimate, n.
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