We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or
gift, which is of force. --Milton.
Most dear in the esteem And poor in worth! --Shak.
I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and
dear'st esteem of what you crave. --J. Webster.
2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion,
founded on supposed worth.
Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.
--Shak.
Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly
esteemed the Rock of his salvation. --Deut. xxxii.
15.
Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and
authority to be of the more weighty credence. --Bp.
Gardiner.
Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were
esteemed hardly less than supernatural. --Hawthorne.
2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with
reverence, respect, or friendship.
Will he esteem thy riches? --Job xxxvi.
19.
You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. --Tennyson.
Syn: To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect;
revere. See {Appreciate}, {Estimate}.