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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
esteem .
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Examples
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But if, as I set forth but now, there must needs be many tribes and peoples whom the fame of any single man cannot reach, it follows that he whom thou esteemest glorious seems all inglorious in a neighbouring quarter of the globe.
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And if thou esteemest that thy blood by meddling with mine shall be stained or embased, consider how few noble houses, or rather none at all, are there in the world which have not run the same way, and that the womans side is not essentially requisite for the illustrating of noble descents.
The Fourth Book. IX. Which Treats of Many Rare Successes Befallen in the Inn 1909
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I have a father that knows thee, and loves me likewise well, who, without forcing my will, will accomplish that which justly thou oughtest to have, if it be so that thou esteemest me as much as thou sayst, and I do believe.
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Wherefore, if that which in all thy revenues of fortune thou esteemest most precious doth still by God's providence remain safe and untouched, canst thou, retaining the best, justly complain of misfortune?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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If thou considerest the number and measure of thy joyful and sad accidents, thou canst not choose but think thyself fortunate hitherto; and if thou esteemest not thyself fortunate because those things which seemed joyful are past, there is no cause why thou shouldst think thyself miserable, since those things which thou now takest to be sorrowful do pass.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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But if, as I set forth but now, there must needs be many tribes and peoples whom the fame of any single man cannot reach, it follows that he whom thou esteemest glorious seems all inglorious in a neighbouring quarter of the globe.
The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1896
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Then said she: 'It would indeed be infinitely astounding, and of all monstrous things most horrible, if, as thou esteemest, in the well-ordered home of so great a householder, the base vessels should be held in honour, the precious left to neglect.
The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1896
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In mundane joys, than thou esteemest to be with angels bright.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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And if, on the other side, thou wert asked, What thou esteemest to be the most precious thing in the world? thy heart might answer, One drop of Christ's blood, to wash away my sins.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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Plato, whom thou esteemest much, and knowest somewhat less, careth as little for portent and omen as doth Diogenes.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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