estimation, est i mac i on

[Fr. estima tion, from Lat. æstimatio, from æstimatus, pa. par. of æstimo to value, estimate; Sp. est i mac i on; Ital. estimazione.] 1. The act of estimating, valuing, or a e ing; valuation; a e ment. "If a man should sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field, the estimation shall be according to the seed." Levitic us xxvii. 16. 2. The act of calculating, or computing the value, extent, size, number, ., of anything; calculation, computation. *3. Conjecture, supposition. "I speak not this in estimation, As what I think might be, but what I know." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I. , 1. 3. 4. Opinion, judgment. "Abroad in the estimations of men." -Barrow: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 5. 5. Esteem, regard, honor, favorable opinion. "Crimes there were laid to his charge many, the least whereof, being just, had bereaved him of estimation and credit with men."- Hooker . estrich *es-trait, *es-trayt, v . t . [STRAIT.] To narrow or confine; to shut in. "The Turk hath estray ted us very nere." -Sir T. More: Dialogue , p. 145. ěs-tra-ma-çon', s. [Fr.] 1. A kind of dagger, used in the Middle Ages. 2. A pa with a sword. ěs-trān ge, *es-traunge, v . t . [O. Fr. estranger , from estrange = strange; Latin extraneus ; French étranger .] [STRANGE.] 1. To send to or keep at a distance; to withdraw or keep away from. "Thy command estranged me from thy bed." Rowe: Lucan, ii. 533, *2. To withdraw, keep back, or withhold. "We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced."-Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a . *3. To alienate; to divert from its original purpose, use, or po e or. "They have estranged this place, and have burnt incense in it to other gods." -Jeremiah xix. 4. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 1. Having the power of estimating the value, worth, ., of various things. 2. Imaginative.