him to be of worth and worthy estimation." Shak. It will probably settle down at last on this latter sense.
"Esteem is the value we place upon some degree of worth. It is higher than simple approbation, which
is a decision of judgment. It is the commencement of affection." Gogan.
No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's
Just estimation prized above all price.
Cowper. Estimation
(Es`ti*ma"tion) n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]
1. The act of estimating. Shak.
2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise
data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.
If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and
the priest shall value him.
Lev. xxvii. 8. 3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.
I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders.
Wisdom viii. 10. 4. Supposition; conjecture.
I speak not this in estimation,
As what I think might be, but what I know.
Shak. Syn. — Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n.
Estimative
(Es"ti*ma*tive) a. [Cf. F. estimatif.]
1. Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.
We find in animals an estimative or judicial faculty.
Sir M. Hale. 2. Pertaining to an estimate. [R.]
Estimator
(Es"ti*ma`tor) n. [L. aestimator.] One who estimates or values; a valuer. Jer. Taylor.
Estival
(Es"ti*val a., Es"ti*vate) v. i., Estivation
(Es`ti*va"tion) n. Same as Æstival, Æstivate, etc.
Estoile
(||Es`toile") n. [OF.] (Her.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those
of a mullet. [Written also étoile.]
Estoile of eight points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. — Estoile of four points.
Same as Cross estoilé, under Cross.
Estop
(Es*top") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estophed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Estopping.] [OF. estoper to stop,
plug, close, F. étouper, LL. stuppare to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L. stuppa tow, oakum, cf. Gr. sty`pph.
Cf. Stop.] (Law) To impede or bar by estoppel.
A party will be estopped by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage
to himself.
Abbott. Estoppel
(Es*top"pel) n. [From Estop.] (Law) (a) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or
denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct,
which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take
a position inconsistent with the admission. (b) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute
certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable. Wharton. Stephen. Burrill.
