estimaten.

Brit.

/ˈɛstᵻmət/, U.S.

/ˈɛstᵻmət/

Etymology: < Latin aestimātus (only in ablative), verbal noun < aestimāre : see esteem v., estimate v.

†1.

a. The action of valuing or appraising; a valuation; literal and figurative. to make no estimate of: to make no account of, not to value.

b. The price at which anything is rated; figurative attributed value. Obsolete.Shakespeare's to have estimate in (quot. a1616¹), seems to mean ‘to have a claim to be considered in the valuation of’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > so as to fix value

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1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 158^v They make an estimate of their own goods and lay so muche in valew thereunto.

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 28^v Loue..doubleth the estimate of thinges that are pretious.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. D4^v Of my loue he makes no estimate.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Donner Hee that giues quickly..Doubles th' estimate of his gift.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 180 Thy life is deere, for all that life can rate Worth name of life, in thee hath estimate .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 14 If he will touch the estimate .

1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 106/2 They are of farre more estimate and price Than th' Estrich, or the bird of Paradise.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 2 My Ship..is returned to your Shores, furnish'd..with Merchandize of several estimates.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 227 The high estimate they have made of the joies of Heaven.

1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 90 They will soon lose their Estimate and Delight.

†c. Repute, reputation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]

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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 56 There stands the Castle..And in it are the Lords of Yorke Barkly and Seymer, None else of name and noble estimate .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 118 My deere Wiues estimate.

1657 J. Pettus in R. Loveday Lett. (1659) sig. A4 Seneca's and Cicero's Epistles have escap't, may Loveday's have the same successe and estimate.

a. An approximate judgement based on considerations of probability, respecting the number, amount, magnitude, or position of anything; the quantity assigned by such a judgement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > approximate

estimate1630

cockshy1891

guesstimate1936

guesstimation1937

1630 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1636) i. ii. 38 There was an old estimate made of Germany..that..there was not past one twelfth part of it remaining Catholicke.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. xxxiv. 118 Drawn up (by our æstimate) about two inches and a half.

1702 R. Nelson in Pepys' Diary VI. 256 There is a design of building a Church..which by estimate will cost [etc.].

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §3. 2 The Estimate we make of the Distance of Objects.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. Suppl. ii. 592 In forming any estimate of the total or yearly value of lands and houses.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §294 This estimate as to the quantity of rain in the two hemispheres.

b. the estimates: accounts presented annually to Parliament, showing the probable amount of expenditure on the several administrative departments for the current year.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > estimated accounts of public expenditure

establishment1672

the estimates1732

budget1733

1732 Gentleman's Mag. 2 881 The Accounts for the Year 1731 and Estimates of Charges on the Articles therein mention'd for the present Year.

1740 Ld. Baltimore in Gentleman's Mag. 10 586 The Estimate of the Navy..is lower..than that which was laid before us the last Session.

1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. iv. xi. 149 The estimates were reduced half a million.

1887 Daily News 25 July 5/2 The Estimates, in fact, should have a fixed appendix.

c. A statement furnished by a builder, contractor, or other tradesman, of the sum for which he is prepared to undertake the execution of a specified piece of work.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > statement of price of tradesman's work

estimate1796

1796 Hull Advertiser 14 May 2/2 Estimates to be given in on or before the 25th of May.

1829 C. Welch Wesl. Polity 158 The various candidates for a contract deliver in estimates.

1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. iii. 121 ‘I wish he had sent the estimate with it’ said Rosamond.

1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 5 The proprietor of a..weekly newspaper sought estimates for its cheaper production.

a. A judgement formed or expressed respecting the character or qualities of a person or thing, or respecting a state of affairs, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > appraisal of character or qualities

estimate1589

vetting1918

appraisal1950

positive vetting1954

performance appraisal1955

peer review1967

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **2 Well may the Adage, Nil dictum quod non dictum prius, bee the most iudiciall estimate, of our latter Writers.

1699 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 3) i xi. 11 A true estimate upon the odds betwixt a publick and a private life.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 257. ¶9 Outward Actions, which can never give them a just Estimate of us.

1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xvi. 335 The estimate of the French character and condition, given in this volume, is an unfavourable one.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 31 This estimate both of interest and fitness varied from day to day.

b. Estimation; manner in which things are viewed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun]

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]

weenc888

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critique1798

appraisement1808

appraisal1817

viewa1854

sizing up1967

chit1989

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. What is reputed good in the estimate of the world.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 191 The English barons, in every period, have been brave and great, after the estimate and opinion of their times.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xi. 115 He was not unaware that he had sunk a little in the estimate of the men who had accepted his services.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† estimateadj.

Forms: In Middle English estymatt, 1500s esteemate.

Etymology: < Latin aestimātus, past participle of aestimāre : see estimate v.

Obsolete. rare.

Used as past participle of esteem v. or estimate v.

ΚΠ

c1425 tr. Thomas à Kempis Consol. ii. xi Lete him not pondre gret, all þat may be estymatt gret.

1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) cx. 323 A Jem, more prizable and esteemate, then the best Armours of proofe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

estimatev.

Brit.

/ˈɛstᵻmeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛstəˌmeɪt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s estymat(t, 1600s æstimate, estimat, 1500s– estimate.

Etymology: < Latin aestimāt- participial stem of aestimāre , in classical Latin = sense 1; in late Latin also as in 1b, 2 – 4. Compare esteem v.

†1.

a. transitive. To assign a value to; to appraise, assess; to fix proportionately (penalties, wages, etc.). Const. at. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on

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put1755

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxvii. 14 As the Priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xiv. 255 If she were between the age of five and twenty, shee was to be estimated but at ten shekels.

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 68 'Tis the weight of Silver in it, and not the name of the piece that men estimate Commodities by, and exchange them for.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 68 The wages are to be estimated according to the qualifications which are necessary in the person.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 118. ⁋9 To..estimate securities, and to engage for mortgages.

b. To value (subjectively); to attribute value to; to appreciate the worth of; to esteem, hold in (higher or lower) estimation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > view in a certain way

findOE

telllOE

to take for ——a1393

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1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. iii. 88 Their wisedome..Liue-dogges before dead Lyons, estimates.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Clerus Domini i. 6 Sauls messengers, and Saul himselfe turned Prophets, that they might estimate the place and preserve its priviledge.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋8 It is difficult not to estimate what is lately gained above its real value.

2. To form an approximate notion of (the amount, number, magnitude, or position of anything) without actual enumeration or measurement; to fix by estimate at. Also with clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > estimate measurement or amount

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1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 157 The Error is to be imputed..to the judgment in estimating the Distance run, in making it too little.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 82 Some have estimated that there are not above Three hundred Millions of People in the whole World.

1766 M. Maty in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 308 The difference of declination was only estimated.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 143 By the rule of proportion, we may estimate his size at eight or nine feet.

1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 16 Estimate 8 parts out of 20 of the next smaller division.

1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xiii. 286 One of our number..estimated that this valley would pasture a thousand cattle three months.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. xii. 278 The amount of injury inflicted during this dismal period, it is not possible to estimate.

1885 Manch. Examiner 6 July 4/7 The prosecutors estimate the defalcations at about 1,800l.

†3. To esteem, consider, judge (a thing to be so and so); with simple complement, or as. Obsolete. rare = esteem v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as

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?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddiii We may make no greatter honour to god than to estymat him trew..nor greatter dishonour than to mystrust hym.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 69 Those who are interested will estimate us as their Liberators.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 153 This may properly be estimated as a part of the Indian dress.

4. To gauge; to judge of, form an opinion of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)]

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion

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1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xliii. 327 This article [that Jesus is the Christ] is the measure and rule by which to estimate, and examine all other Articles.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vii. sig. N2^v In Estimating a Man's condition, we should not only consider what Possessions he has, but what Desires.

1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration in Wks. (1765) V. 215 The measure of punishments being to be estimated..by the length of their duration.

1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. vi While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance.

1794 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 50 If it be just to judge a private man by his friends, it is not amiss to estimate a public officer by his foes.

1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron in Wks. (1846) II. 258 Bacon and Hooker could not estimate Shakespeare.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 201 To estimate the intention and sincerity of a movement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1565

adj.c1425

v.?1533

单词	estimate
释义	estimaten. Brit. /ˈɛstᵻmət/, U.S. /ˈɛstᵻmət/ Etymology: < Latin aestimātus (only in ablative), verbal noun < aestimāre : see esteem v., estimate v. †1. a. The action of valuing or appraising; a valuation; literal and figurative. to make no estimate of: to make no account of, not to value. b. The price at which anything is rated; figurative attributed value. Obsolete.Shakespeare's to have estimate in (quot. a1616¹), seems to mean ‘to have a claim to be considered in the valuation of’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > so as to fix value taxationc1325 estimation1382 appraising1430 valuing1434 stentc1460 appreciationc1475 prizement1481 sessinga1500 value1523 valuation1529 esteemc1547 estimate1565 appraisement1583 apprizement1605 pricea1616 appraisal1698 apprizing1754 evaluation1755 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 158^v They make an estimate of their own goods and lay so muche in valew thereunto. 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 28^v Loue..doubleth the estimate of thinges that are pretious. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. D4^v Of my loue he makes no estimate. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Donner Hee that giues quickly..Doubles th' estimate of his gift. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 180 Thy life is deere, for all that life can rate Worth name of life, in thee hath estimate . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 14 If he will touch the estimate . View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 106/2 They are of farre more estimate and price Than th' Estrich, or the bird of Paradise. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) i. 2 My Ship..is returned to your Shores, furnish'd..with Merchandize of several estimates. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 227 The high estimate they have made of the joies of Heaven. 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 90 They will soon lose their Estimate and Delight. †c. Repute, reputation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] nameeOE talec1175 fame?c1225 lose1297 creancec1330 stevenc1374 opinionc1384 credencec1390 recorda1393 renowna1400 reputationc1400 reportc1425 regardc1440 esteema1450 noisea1470 reapport1514 estimation1530 savour1535 existimationa1538 countenancea1568 credit1576 standing1579 stair1590 perfumec1595 estimate1597 pass1601 reportage1612 vibration1666 suffrage1667 rep1677 face1834 odour1835 rap1966 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 56 There stands the Castle..And in it are the Lords of Yorke Barkly and Seymer, None else of name and noble estimate . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 118 My deere Wiues estimate. 1657 J. Pettus in R. Loveday Lett. (1659) sig. A4 Seneca's and Cicero's Epistles have escap't, may Loveday's have the same successe and estimate. 2. a. An approximate judgement based on considerations of probability, respecting the number, amount, magnitude, or position of anything; the quantity assigned by such a judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > approximate estimate1630 cockshy1891 guesstimate1936 guesstimation1937 1630 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1636) i. ii. 38 There was an old estimate made of Germany..that..there was not past one twelfth part of it remaining Catholicke. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. xxxiv. 118 Drawn up (by our æstimate) about two inches and a half. 1702 R. Nelson in Pepys' Diary VI. 256 There is a design of building a Church..which by estimate will cost [etc.]. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §3. 2 The Estimate we make of the Distance of Objects. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. Suppl. ii. 592 In forming any estimate of the total or yearly value of lands and houses. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) v. §294 This estimate as to the quantity of rain in the two hemispheres. b. the estimates: accounts presented annually to Parliament, showing the probable amount of expenditure on the several administrative departments for the current year. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > estimated accounts of public expenditure establishment1672 the estimates1732 budget1733 1732 Gentleman's Mag. 2 881 The Accounts for the Year 1731 and Estimates of Charges on the Articles therein mention'd for the present Year. 1740 Ld. Baltimore in Gentleman's Mag. 10 586 The Estimate of the Navy..is lower..than that which was laid before us the last Session. 1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. iv. xi. 149 The estimates were reduced half a million. 1887 Daily News 25 July 5/2 The Estimates, in fact, should have a fixed appendix. c. A statement furnished by a builder, contractor, or other tradesman, of the sum for which he is prepared to undertake the execution of a specified piece of work. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > statement of price of tradesman's work estimate1796 1796 Hull Advertiser 14 May 2/2 Estimates to be given in on or before the 25th of May. 1829 C. Welch Wesl. Polity 158 The various candidates for a contract deliver in estimates. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. ii. iii. 121 ‘I wish he had sent the estimate with it’ said Rosamond. 1878 Printing Trades Jrnl. xxv. 5 The proprietor of a..weekly newspaper sought estimates for its cheaper production. 3. a. A judgement formed or expressed respecting the character or qualities of a person or thing, or respecting a state of affairs, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > appraisal of character or qualities estimate1589 vetting1918 appraisal1950 positive vetting1954 performance appraisal1955 peer review1967 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. *2 Well may the Adage, Nil dictum quod non dictum prius, bee the most iudiciall estimate, of our latter Writers. 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables* (ed. 3) i xi. 11 A true estimate upon the odds betwixt a publick and a private life. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 257. ¶9 Outward Actions, which can never give them a just Estimate of us. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xvi. 335 The estimate of the French character and condition, given in this volume, is an unfavourable one. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 31 This estimate both of interest and fitness varied from day to day. b. Estimation; manner in which things are viewed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] weenc888 doomc900 advicec1300 wonec1300 opiniona1325 sentence1340 sight1362 estimationc1374 witc1374 assent1377 judgementa1393 supposinga1393 mindc1400 reputationc1400 feelingc1425 suffrage1531 counta1535 existimation1535 consent1599 vote1606 deem1609 repute1610 judicaturea1631 estimate1637 measure1650 sentiment1675 account1703 sensation1795 think1835 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] weenc888 rightnessOE steemc1330 sight1362 witc1374 emprisea1393 reputation?c1400 apprizingc1449 nick?a1450 vail1471 countc1475 opinionc1480 estimationc1522 meting1548 reckoning1548 valuation1548 computation1558 account1583 cess1588 esteem1598 appreciation1605 resentiment1606 repute1610 ratea1616 assessmenta1626 estimate1637 vote1639 supputation1643 compute1646 value1651 resentment1655 contemplation1673 critique1798 appraisement1808 appraisal1817 viewa1854 sizing up1967 chit1989 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices Pref. What is reputed good in the estimate of the world. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 191 The English barons, in every period, have been brave and great, after the estimate and opinion of their times. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xi. 115 He was not unaware that he had sunk a little in the estimate of the men who had accepted his services. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † estimateadj. Forms: In Middle English estymatt, 1500s esteemate. Etymology: < Latin aestimātus, past participle of aestimāre : see estimate v. Obsolete. rare. Used as past participle of esteem v. or estimate v. ΚΠ c1425 tr. Thomas à Kempis Consol. ii. xi Lete him not pondre gret, all þat may be estymatt gret. 1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) cx. 323 A Jem, more prizable and esteemate, then the best Armours of proofe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). estimatev. Brit. /ˈɛstᵻmeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛstəˌmeɪt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s estymat(t, 1600s æstimate, estimat, 1500s– estimate. Etymology: < Latin aestimāt- participial stem of aestimāre , in classical Latin = sense 1; in late Latin also as in 1b, 2 – 4. Compare esteem v. †1. a. transitive. To assign a value to; to appraise, assess; to fix proportionately (penalties, wages, etc.). Const. at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on praisea1325 extendc1330 appraise1424 value1434 value1439 setc1460 valure1487 appreciate1512 rate1555 estimate1611 put1755 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxvii. 14 As the Priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xiv. 255 If she were between the age of five and twenty, shee was to be estimated but at ten shekels. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 68 'Tis the weight of Silver in it, and not the name of the piece that men estimate Commodities by, and exchange them for. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 68 The wages are to be estimated according to the qualifications which are necessary in the person. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 118. ⁋9 To..estimate securities, and to engage for mortgages. b. To value (subjectively); to attribute value to; to appreciate the worth of; to esteem, hold in (higher or lower) estimation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > view in a certain way findOE telllOE to take for ——a1393 receivec1400 notec1440 reputec1475 esteem1532 read1591 estimate1609 relish1617 set1648 resent1649 view1715 contemplate1785 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iv. iii. 88 Their wisedome..Liue-dogges before dead Lyons, estimates. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Clerus Domini i. 6 Sauls messengers, and Saul himselfe turned Prophets, that they might estimate the place and preserve its priviledge. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋8 It is difficult not to estimate what is lately gained above its real value. 2. To form an approximate notion of (the amount, number, magnitude, or position of anything) without actual enumeration or measurement; to fix by estimate at. Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] > estimate measurement or amount esteem1477 estimate1669 appreciate1818 appraise1864 evaluate1874 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 157 The Error is to be imputed..to the judgment in estimating the Distance run, in making it too little. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 82 Some have estimated that there are not above Three hundred Millions of People in the whole World. 1766 M. Maty in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 308 The difference of declination was only estimated. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 143 By the rule of proportion, we may estimate his size at eight or nine feet. 1828 Moore's Pract. Navigator (ed. 20) 16 Estimate 8 parts out of 20 of the next smaller division. 1848 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine (1879) xiii. 286 One of our number..estimated that this valley would pasture a thousand cattle three months. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. xii. 278 The amount of injury inflicted during this dismal period, it is not possible to estimate. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 July 4/7 The prosecutors estimate the defalcations at about 1,800l. †3. To esteem, consider, judge (a thing to be so and so); with simple complement, or as. Obsolete. rare = esteem v. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddiii We may make no greatter honour to god than to estymat him trew..nor greatter dishonour than to mystrust hym. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 69 Those who are interested will estimate us as their Liberators. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 153 This may properly be estimated as a part of the Indian dress. 4. To gauge; to judge of, form an opinion of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] talec897 ween971 takec1175 weigha1200 deem?c1225 judge?c1225 guessc1330 reta1382 accounta1387 aretc1386 assize1393 consider1398 ponder?a1400 adjudgec1440 reckonc1440 peisec1460 ponderate?a1475 poisea1483 trutinate1528 steem1535 rate?1555 sense1564 compute1604 censure1605 cast1606 cense1606 estimate1651 audit1655 state1671 balance1692 esteem1711 appraise1823 figure1854 tally1860 revalue1894 lowball1973 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > hold an opinion [verb (transitive)] > form an opinion conceivea1393 esteema1533 estimate1651 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xliii. 327 This article [that Jesus is the Christ] is the measure and rule by which to estimate, and examine all other Articles. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vii. sig. N2^v In Estimating a Man's condition, we should not only consider what Possessions he has, but what Desires. 1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration in Wks. (1765) V. 215 The measure of punishments being to be estimated..by the length of their duration. 1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. vi While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance. 1794 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 50 If it be just to judge a private man by his friends, it is not amiss to estimate a public officer by his foes. 1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron in Wks. (1846) II. 258 Bacon and Hooker could not estimate Shakespeare. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 1st Ser. 201 To estimate the intention and sincerity of a movement. 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