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esteem
English
Alternative forms
- æsteem (archaic)
- esteeme (obsolete)
Etymology
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestim? (“to value, rate, weigh, estimate”); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ti?m/, /?s?ti?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
- Favourable regard.
Derived terms
- self-esteem
Translations
Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Will he esteem thy riches?
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- 1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
- Famous men, whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. V, The English
- And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well-conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who esteems all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged’ to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate; to appraise
Synonyms
- (to regard with respect): respect, revere
- (to regard as valuable): cherish
Antonyms
- (to regard with respect): contemn, despise
- (to regard as valuable): scorn, slight
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “esteem”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- esteem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- esteem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Mestee, mestee
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guess
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?s, IPA(key): /??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English gessen, probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitis?n? (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getan? (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisse (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitisk?n?). Compare also Russian ??????? (gadát?, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.
Verb
guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)
- To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
Synonyms
- hypothesize
- take a stab
- speculate
- assume
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English gesse. Cognate with Dutch gis (“a guess”).
Noun
guess (plural guesses)
- A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
- Synonyms: estimate, hypothesis, prediction
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- guess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- guess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Guses
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