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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Old French
Origin: estimer, from Latin aestimare; ESTIMATE2

esteem

2 verb
     
esteem2 [transitive] formal
to respect and admire someone or something:
Peden was greatly esteemed by the people of Ayrshire.
He was esteemed as a literary wit.
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