esteem
verb (used with object)
to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
have esteemed
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present perfectof esteem.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior editor at National Review, noted that conservatives throughout history have esteemed “mediating institutions” like schools and churches, sources of authority other than the state.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2011
Some have esteemed it a heartless piece of ridicule, a callous laugh raised out of abject misery.
From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly
The Romans seem to have esteemed much the lessons which are here conveyed, but for us it has but little attraction.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Anthony Trollope
And this foundation is not dead faith, as some have esteemed, but faith quickened by charity, according to Eph.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Ordinarily any one of us would have esteemed it a high privilege to shoot over them.
From The Killer by Stewart Edward White
