1 to respect someone or have a good opinion of them:
Her work is highly esteemed by all her colleagues.
[ + obj + noun/adj ] old-fashioned I would esteem (= consider) it a favour if you would accompany me.
4 to respect someone or have a good opinion of them:
Her work is highly esteemed by all her colleagues.
He denied that sanctification could be esteemed as vouchsafing ' evidence ' of justification.
Our editorial board consists of an extraordinary group of distinguished and esteemed international authorities in palliative care and the interface of psychiatry0psychology and palliative medicine.
High-technology hospitals appear to be highly esteemed both by the public and by professionals.
None of its leading figures are esteemed today, unless they made contributions in other fields.
Children who move away from their home communities are not necessarily 'lost to the system' of local support networks, whilst those close-at-hand are not necessarily esteemed or trustworthy.
Such individuals were underdogs who lived by their wits and who were esteemed in terms not of honor and social status but of an alternative moral economy.
Women did not want merely to survive - they wanted to live properly, and esteemed those who managed to do so - making social differentiation and hierarchy acceptable and expected.
The police force in many cities and boroughs are highly esteemed.