Esteem Definition

esteem

English

Alternative forms

• æsteem (archaic)
• esteeme (obsolete)

Etymology

First at end of 16th century; from Middle French estimer < Latin aestimare (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate, and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛsˈtiːm]

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• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

esteem (uncountable)

1. favourable regard

Derived terms

• self-esteem

Verb

esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)

1. To regard someone with respect

   Esteem your elders, boy.

2. to regard something as valuable; to prize
3. to look upon something in a particular way

   Mary is an esteemed member of the community

   • 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.

4. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise

   The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Translations

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External links

• esteem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• esteem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Mestee

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See Also:

• Esteem
• Esteem Refers
• Esteeme
• Esteemed
• Esteems
• Highly Esteemed
• I Esteem You
• Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
• Self-esteem
• Selfesteem