transitive. With complement. To consider or regard in a specified way. In later use only with in. Cf. hold, v. 12d, 12f. Now rare.

In renderings of certain Latin words. transitive. To esteem, respect; to reckon or esteem equal to.

transitive. To value, esteem; to attach value to; = prize, v.1 2. Obsolete.

To have (a certain estimate) of a person or thing: in idiomatic phrases expressing high or low… To care (so much) for. Also intransitive. (Not) to…

To have (a certain estimate) of a person or thing: in idiomatic phrases expressing high or low… By substitution of not for nought, and by extension…

transitive. To caress; to make much of, hold in high esteem.

transitive. To value or esteem highly; to think much of, care for.

transitive. In extended use with reference to an animal, object, etc. Obsolete.

To feel or act tenderly towards; to regard or treat with tenderness: with various shades of meaning. To have a tender regard for, to hold dear; to…

transitive. To have or hold (a person) in repute or esteem; to think (well, etc.) of; to value. Also: †to hold equal in worth to something (obsolete…

Chiefly with to, for, †that. Attention or heed paid to a person or thing, as having an effect or influence on action or conduct; respect or deference…

The act or way of estimating or regarding; estimate, regard, notice, note; = account, n. IV.; esp. in to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by). ar…

transitive. To value or esteem highly; = prize, v.1 3. Originally Scottish. Obsolete.

To form within the mind; to give conceptual existence to. transitive. to make (great,etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard,…

Chiefly in negative sentences. transitive. To attach force or importance to; to care for, regard; often with a strengthening phrase, as a bean, a pin…

intransitive. To regard, pay heed to; esp. to regard with favour, hold in esteem. Cf. to look on —— 3 at phrasal verbs 2. Now rare (English regional…

Appreciation, valuation in respect of excellence or merit; esteem considered as a sentiment. Phrase, to have (also hold) in estimation.

to make reckoning of: to take notice, heed, or account of. Obsolete.

To attach value (subjectively) to. In favourable sense: To regard as valuable; to think highly of; to feel regard for, respect (persons or their…

transitive. To hold (a person) in (a specified degree of) esteem; to have a regard for. Formerly also: †to respect, look up to (obsolete).

In various phrases with the sense ‘to value, esteem, prize; make account of’: †to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of (obsolete); †to s…

transitive. To consider of worth or importance; to rate highly; to esteem; to set store by.

Phrase. to make dainty of (anything): to set great store by; hence, to be sparing or chary of; to make dainty to do (or to make dainty of doing; also…

intransitive. To approve or think highly of. Chiefly English regional in later use.

To catch the admiration, fancy, or affection of (one of the opposite sex); in pass., to be favourably impressed by (an idea, suggestion, etc.). In…

transitive. To appreciate, esteem (a person or thing). Also: to please (a person).

transitive. To prize or value (an object). Obsolete.

To think (a person) worthy, to admit the worth of.

transitive. To recognize as valuable or excellent; to find worth or excellence in; to esteem.

to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon: to set a value upon, cause to be esteemed (highly, etc.).

In extended use. colloquial (now historical and rare). to think small beer of (and variants): to have a poor or low opinion of (oneself or…

to think the world of: to have the highest possible opinion of or regard for.

transitive. To attach subjective value to; (without adverbial modification) to think highly of; = esteem, v. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. colloquial. To rate or esteem highly; to think much of. Usually in negative phrases.

transitive. British colloquial. To set a high value on, to think much of.