estimable (estimabl)

and n. [ estimabile, stimabile, A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable , profitable, neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak ., M. of V., i. 3. 2012 = It. es Dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation priz'd above all price. Couper , Task, ii. 34. 2. Calculation; computation; especially, an approximate calculation of the worth, extent, quantity, etc., of something; an estimate: as, an estimation of distance, magnitude, or amount, of moral qualities, etc. vate.] 1. The act of pa ing the summer. On the under storey, towards the garden, let it be turned to a grotto, or place of shade, or estivation. Bacon , Building (ed. 1887). The Tolle and the Custom of his March antes is withouten estymacioun to ben nombred. If the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair, Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate. Shak ., M. of V., iv. 1. 3. In chem., the proce of ascertaining by analysis the quantity of a given substance contained in a compound or mixture.-4. Opinion or judgment in general; especially, favorable opinion held concerning one by others; esteem; regard; honor. The very true cause of our wanting estimation is want of desert. Sir P. Sidney , Apol. for Poetrie. I shall have estimation among the multitude, and honour with the elders. Wisdom viii. 10. Tacitus, in the obscure pa age in which he describes the apportionment of the land, mentions the dignatio, or estimation of the individual, as one of the principles of partition. of glowing heat. Auriga mounted in a chariot bright (Else styl'd Heniochus) receives his light In th' æstive circle. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, iii.