esteemed

[ ih-steemd ]

adjective

regarded highly or favorably; respected or admired: Her teaching ability, leadership skills, and winsome personality made her a highly esteemed member of the school staff.

verb

Origin of esteemed

First recorded in 1545–55; esteem + -ed² for the adjective; esteem + -ed¹ for the verb

Edelman also found more people trust businesses than they do NGOs, and business leaders are held in higher esteem than political leaders.
The Public Trusts Businesses Over Government to Solve Our Problems. But We Need Both to Try | Colin Mayer | February 3, 2021 | Time
And why would the Innocence Project, an esteemed group dedicated to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, have framed an innocent man?
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project | Jacob Siegel | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Theda Skocpol, the esteemed Harvard social scientist, agrees with Cohen that they will set up the exchanges.
Will GOP Govs Really Rescue Obamacare? | Michael Tomasky | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
An esteemed historian of Southern culinary culture, Ferris had all the utensils to do some serious carving on Paula Deen.
The Tragic History of Southern Food | Jason Berry | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“My esteemed mentor, Boris Fruman, showed us 100 slides of stills from films,” says Granik.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director | Marlow Stern | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Ross is an esteemed paleontologist and university professor.
15 Times ‘Friends’ Was Really, Really Weird | Kevin Fallon | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts senate, and much esteemed as a physician and a patriot.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
He was professor of oriental languages; his dissertations on various subjects of criticism and antiquity were highly esteemed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Louis Bourdaloue died; esteemed the best preacher that France ever produced.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
The trader smiled knowingly, for he knew that the major esteemed himself the best.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
His directors esteemed him highly, and the officers of the company were all sincerely attached to him.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow

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