[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.
