Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

æsteem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: æs-teem
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of esteem.

Obsolete; Uncountable

verb

Obsolete spelling of esteem.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1582, Robert Persons, S.J., The First Booke of the Christian Exercise, appertayning to Resolution; quoted in:"
"A pious assertion that there was no earthly reason for Jesus to lower himself to become man elicits the patronising remark: ‘although God hath given to this our Author a very good gift in persuading to godlines of life (for which we have to æsteem of him accordingly:) yet hath he not given him therwithal so ful a knowlege of the mysterie of our redemption in Christ’ (p. 189)."

Usage

Inflected Forms

æsteems (present, singular) æsteeming (participle, present) æsteemed (participle, past) æsteemed (past)

Questions

What does æsteem mean?: Obsolete spelling of esteem.

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