esteem


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
esteem/ɪˈstiːm/
noun respect and admiration. verb
  • 1 respect and admire.
  • 2 formal consider; deem.
– origin ME: from OFr. estime (n.), estimer (v.), from L. aestimare ‘to estimate’.
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