Esteem

es-tēm′, v.t. to set a high estimate or value on: to regard with respect or friendship: to consider or think.— n. high estimation or value: favourable regard.— p.adj. Esteemed′ , respected.— adj. Es′timable , that can be estimated or valued: worthy of esteem: deserving our good opinion.— adv. Es′timably .— v.t. Es′timāte , to judge of the worth of a thing: to calculate.— n. reputation: a valuing in the mind: judgment or opinion of the worth or size of anything: a rough calculation: estimation.— n. Estimā′tion , act of estimating: a reckoning of value: esteem, honour: importance: conjecture.— adj. Es′timātive .— n. Es′timātor .— Hold in estimation , to esteem highly.— The estimates , accounts given before parliament showing the probable expenditure for the year. [Fr. estimer —L. æstimāre .]