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See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.

Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

One who disesteems. Boyle.

h of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. 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…

Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.

Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.

The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

To gleam. [Obs.] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.

are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no account." Milton . -- A writ of account (Law), a writ which the p…

ook upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper.

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

al impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object…

A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.

A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

Self-love; self-esteem.

e, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

orets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food.