esteem
verb
- to regard someone/something as having a [high] worth
noun
- good worth or regard towards someone/something
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈstiːm/ / /əˈstiːm/
noun
Etymology: First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
- Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
“We hold her in high esteem.”
verb
Etymology: First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
“Will he esteem thy riches?”
“You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.”
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
“Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.”
“Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.”
- To judge; to estimate; to appraise
“The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.”