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ˌover-eˈsteem, v. [over- 27.] trans. To esteem too highly, or beyond the true worth; to think too highly of.
a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 239 Pride is a vice..in this, that it causeth a man to over-esteeme himselfe. 1745J. Mason Self Knowl. ii. x. (1853) 158 He does not overesteem them for those little accidental Advantages in which they excel him. |