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ESTEEMED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an illustrious reputation; respected
Example:
a prestigious author
Synonyms:
esteemed; honored; prestigious
Classified under:
Similar:
reputable (having a good reputation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb esteem
Context examples:
Well might John rejoice, for was he not back in his native Hampshire, had he not Don Diego's five thousand crowns rasping against his knee, and above all was he not himself squire now to Sir Alleyne Edricson, the young Socman of Minstead lately knighted by the sword of the Black Prince himself, and esteemed by the whole army as one of the most rising of the soldiers of England.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was but the day before that Crawford had made himself thoroughly master of the subject, or had in fact become at all aware of her having such a brother, or his being in such a ship, but the interest then excited had been very properly lively, determining him on his return to town to apply for information as to the probable period of the Antwerp's return from the Mediterranean, etc.; and the good luck which attended his early examination of ship news the next morning seemed the reward of his ingenuity in finding out such a method of pleasing her, as well as of his dutiful attention to the Admiral, in having for many years taken in the paper esteemed to have the earliest naval intelligence.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Every succeeding year I have known this better, as I have esteemed you more and more.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow creatures were high and unsullied descent united with riches.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He was most highly esteemed by Mr. Darcy, a most intimate, confidential friend.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I had, the evening before, drunk plentifully of a most delicious wine called glimigrim, (the Blefuscudians call it flunec, but ours is esteemed the better sort,) which is very diuretic.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
He is highly esteemed by all the family at the park, and I never see him myself without taking pains to converse with him.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Long, very long, she felt she had been first; for, having no female connexions of his own, there had been only Isabella whose claims could be compared with hers, and she had always known exactly how far he loved and esteemed Isabella.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He was now esteemed quite worthy to address the daughter of a foolish, spendthrift baronet, who had not had principle or sense enough to maintain himself in the situation in which Providence had placed him, and who could give his daughter at present but a small part of the share of ten thousand pounds which must be hers hereafter.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Mary and I would have esteemed ourselves rich with a thousand pounds each; and to St. John such a sum would have been valuable, for the good it would have enabled him to do.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
