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
You yourself know how much I have esteemed him, and how strongly I recommended him to you.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
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
Your professed friendship justified my confidence, and it would have been ungrateful in me to have esteemed you less than I did the savage.
From The Cross of Berny by Florence Fendall
Tower and town fell before him; but his advance was not without such inconvenience and danger as a less determined monarch would have esteemed a good apology for retreat.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
