esteem
/ɪˈstiːm/ verb C2- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- To judge; to estimate; to appraise · The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
He/she/it esteems · Past esteemed · Past participle esteemed · -ing form esteeming
Verb forms
- Base form
- esteem
- He/she/it
- esteems
- Past
- esteemed
- Past participle
- esteemed
- -ing form
- esteeming
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Then they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sausages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brilliant color, the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within, the clovis, esteemed by the epicures of the South as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster, North.
I love and esteem you, because honest folks are so rare.
If you are unable to come I shall give you fuller details, and would esteem it a great kindness if you would favour me with your opinion.
Bennet soon assured her that he was rising every hour in his esteem.
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