Adjective esteemed has 1 sense
  1. esteemed, honored, prestigious - having an illustrious reputation; respected; "our esteemed leader"; "a prestigious author"
    Antonym: disreputable (indirect, via reputable)
,Verb esteem has 2 senses
  1. respect, esteem, value, prize, prise - regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
    --1 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
    Antonyms: disrespect, disesteem
    Derived forms: noun esteem3, noun esteem2, noun esteem1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot esteem Sue
  2. think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
    --2 is one way to think, believe, consider, conceive
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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