esteem
verb (used with object)
to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
had esteemed
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past perfectof esteem.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had esteemed it her duty to do so both as a Congressman's wife and as a champion of moral and democratic ideas.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
April 17.—He heard of the death of one whom many friends had esteemed much and lamented deeply.
From The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne by Andrew A. Bonar
A father, a Jesuit, who had esteemed me much, wrote to me in like manner.
From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
Alexander had esteemed and distinguished him highly, and, marrying him to Apama, a noble Iranian lady, convinced him of his own opinion that the point from which to rule an Asiatic empire was Babylonia.
From The Ancient East by D. G. (David George) Hogarth
These had esteemed each other in life; and it was a happy thought thus to represent their friendly meeting in the world of Spirits.
From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
