"esteeming" in the verb sense
1. respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
regard highly think much of
"I respect his judgement"
"We prize his creativity"
2. think of, repute, know as, be known as, 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"
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