[f. as prec. + -ING1.] a. The action of the vb. ESTEEM. b. Estimation, value, worth.
1530. Palsgr., 217/2. Estemyng, estimation.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., Pref. It thinketh them to be holy prelates of religion, whom it seeth to be heads ouer great cities: Away therfore with such foolishe estemyng.
c. 1600. Shaks., Sonn., cx. (1609), G ij. cii. That loue is marchandiz’d, whose ritch esteeming, The owners tongue doth publish euery where.
1617. Collins, Def. Bp. Ely, II. ix. 351. Venerari implies no worship … but onely reuerent esteeming.
1633. P. Fletcher, Elisa, II. xxxix. Such is the world … This base and scorned; that great, in high esteeming.
1672. Wilkins, Nat. Relig., I. xiv. (1676), 200 (R.). By Love, I mean an esteeming of him [God], and a seeking after him as our only happiness.
