ESTIMATE.
303
two inches and a half. 1702 R. NKLSON
in Pcpys* Diary VI. 256 There is a design of building a
Church- .which by estimate will cost [etc.]. 1709 BERKELEY
1651 HOBBES Lcviatli. in. xliii. 327 This article [that Jesus
is the Christ] is the measure and rule
by which to estimate,
and examine all other Articles. 1665 BOVLE Occas. Rejl.
in. vii. In estimating a Man's condition, we should not
only
consider what Possessions he has, but what Desires. 1692
LOCKE
Let. Toleration Wks. 1765 V. 215 The measure of
punishments being to be estimated . by the length of their
duration.
1768 JOHNSON Pref. to Shaks. Wks. IX. 240
While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by
his worst performance. 1794 Gouv. MORRIS in
Sparks Life
ft Writ. (1832! III. 50 If it be just to
judge a private man
by his friends, it is not amiss to estimate a public officer by
his foes. 1837 Lumen Prntamenm Wks.
1846 1 1. 258 Bacon
and Hooker could not estimate Shakespeare.
1878 MORI.EY
Carlyle Crit. Misc. Ser. i. 201 To estimate the intention
and sincerity of a movement.
^estimate! about
Th. Vision
3 The estimate we make of the distance of
C CL'LLOCH Ace. Brit.
1846
Empire (1854) II. 523
In forming any estimate of the total or yearly value of
lands and houses. 1860 MAURY Phys. Geog, Sea v.
294
This estimate as to the quantity of rain in the two hemi-
M
objects.
yd
.
spheres.
b. The Estimates accounts presented annually
to Parliament, showing the probable amount of
expenditure on the several administrative departments for the current year.
1732 Gent. Mag. II. 881 The Accounts for the Year 1731
and Estimates of Charges on the Articles therein mention'd
for the present Year.
1740 Lu. BALTIMORE-: Ibid. X. 586
The Estimate of the Navy, .is lower, .than that which was
laid before us the last Session.
1851 HT. MARTINEAU Hist.
Peace (1877) HI- v Xl 87 The estimates were reduced
half a million.
1887 Daily News 25 July 5/2 The Estimates, in fact, should have a fixed appendix.
C.
statement furnished by a builder, contractor, or other tradesman, of the sum for which
he is prepared to undertake the execution of a
:
'
-
'I
A
Estimation (estim^jan). Forms: 4-6 estim-,
estymacion, -oun, -you(e, 4 extymacion, 5-6
estymation, -oun, (6 estymacon, esteemation,
sestimation), 6- estimation. \}AV.,estimafion,
-cioun, a. OF. estimacion mod.F. estimation, cor7
*
v
resp. to Pr. estimatio, estimacion, Sp. estimacion,
It. stimasionc}, ad. L.
n'siimatiSn-ein, f. s-stimare:
see ESTEEM, ESTIMATE.] The action of
A
respecting
the character or qualities of a person or
thing, or
respecting a state of affairs, etc.
NASHE
Greene's
1589
Pref.
Menaphon (Arb.) 7 Well may
the Adage, Nil dictum quod non dictum prius^ bee the
most iudiciall estimate, of our latter Writers,
a 1704
L'ESTRANCE tj.), A true estimate upon the odds betwixt
a publick and a private life. 1711 ADDISON Spcct. No.
257
estimating
or esteeming.
1 1. The action of appraising, assessing, or valustatement of
or value ; valuation.
ing
price
1382 WYCLIF E.v. xxii. 5 If eny man harme feeld
what
;
. .
i
'
Froiss.
:
:
j
,
to fix proportionately
(penalties, wages,
Const, at. Obs.
1611 BIBLE Lev. xxvii. 14 As the Priest shall estimate it,
so shall it stand. 1646 SIK T. BROWNE Pseud.
Ep. v. xiv. 255
If she were between the age of five and
twenty, shee was to
be estimated but at ten shekels, a 1704 LOCKE
It is by
(I.),
assess;
'.
etc.).
mortgages.
value (subjectively)
to attribute value
;
.
only estimated. 1774 GOLDSM. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 143
By the rule of proportion, we may estimate his size at eight
or nine feet. 1828 J. H. MOORE Pract. Navig. 16 Estimate 8
parts out of 20 of the next smaller division. 1848 W. BARTLETT
Egypt to Pal. xiii. (1879) 286 One of our number, .estimated
that this valley would pasture a thousand cattle three
months. 1835 PKESCOTT Philip ff, I. n. xii. 278 The amount
of injury inflicted during this dismal period, it is not
possible to estimate.
1885 Manch. Exam. 6 July 4/7 The prosecutors estimate the defalcations at about
i,8oo/.
1 3. To esteem, consider, judge (a thing to be
so and so) ; with simple
complement, or as. Obs.
rare =
c 1532
ESTEEM
DEWES
v. 5.
Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1066
We may make
to God than to estymat him trew . . nor
greatter dishonour than to mystrust hym. 1634 tr. Scuderys
Curia Politic 69 Those who are interested will estimate
us as their Liberators. 1794 S. WILLIAMS Vermont
153 This
may properly be estimated as a part of the Indian dress.
no greatter honour
4.
To gauge
;
to
judge
of,
form an opinion
of.
costely stuffe is liable to counteruaile the price of the worke.
1611 SHAKS. Cymb. i.
Your Ring may be stolne too,
iy. 99
so your brace of vnprizeable Estimations, the one is but
fraile, and the other Casual!.
1631 T. MAY tr. Barclay's
Mirr. Mimics i. 243 The earth in the bowels of it hath
both
of
different
natures and estimations.
many metalls,
"775. JOHNSON Taj:, no Tyr. 41 For some thing, in their
of
more
estimation.
opinion,
Phrase, To have or hold in estimation.
i.
estimation that the art of
gardening is worthy of. 1848
DICKENS Dombey 273 Mr. Dombey is so generous in his
estimation of any trivial accomplishment. 1882 PEHODV
En%.
Journalism xxi. 156 The Provincial Press of Great Britain
never stood higher
\
in public estimation
!
it
'
I
'
'
i
!
'
'
account
esteem con;
:
.
i
stands to-day,
or worth in the opinion of others
sidered passively
Of places Importrepute.
ance, consequence.
Phrases, To be in estimation,
to grow out
estimation.
Obs.
of
X S3
PALSGR. 300 Any auctour of estymation.
1531 ELYOT
Gov. i. xiii, The frute
leseth his verdure and taste, and
finally his estimation.
ROGERS
Gl.
1369 J.
Godly Loue 185
How in estimacion a chaste life is. 1570-6
LAMBARIJE
Peramb. Kent (1826) 159 The name of Hyde.. led me to
thinke that it had been of more estimation in time
past.
1371 GOLDING Calvin on Ps. Ixxi. 6 Gods miracles growe
out of estimacion with us by clistome.
1393 NASHE Four
Lett. Can/lit. 14 His brother
indeuord to take from mee
estimation of Arte or witte.
1612 BRINSLEY Lud. Lit.
all_
;
.
. .
i
xxiv. (1627) 268 To avoide
whatsoever may dicarefully
minish his estimation and
authority.
1764 FRANKLIN En.
\Vks. 184011. 349 Gold and silver have, .universal estimation
1792 BURKE Let. Sir H. Langrishe Wks. 1842 I. 544
miserable populace, without
property, without estimation,
without education. 1824-8 LANDOR
fmag. Com. (1846) 51
.
.
A
estimation, lay
among
.
.
.
.
.
that shall syt there.
4. Manner of estimating or
judging ; opinion,
judgement.
'374 CHAUCER Bocth. iv. iv. 123 pou hast quod she be
c 1400 Test. Love I. (Chahn.
ry}t estimacioun of bis.
<
l'oets'\
474/1 Thestimacion of the enuious people, ne loketh
but onely to the aucnture of
nothing to desertes of men
1447 BOKENHAM Seyntys Introd. (Roxb. 6 Be the
blyssyd medyacyoun Of this virgyne aft yr my estimacyonn.
1560 DAUS tr. SL-idane's Com,,:. 21 a, Reuchline in the
defence of his estimation, aunswereth him
[Phefercorn]with
another, a 1677 BARROW ll'ks. (1741 I. v.
45 He that walkcth
is sure not to come off
uprightly
in the
disgracefully
estimations of men, 1790 BURKE Fr. AVr'.
^9 The crown ..
in the
estimation of law
had ever been, perfectly irresponsible.
1841 LANK Arab. Kts. 1. 88 The dearest of men
in my estimation.
1864 I. TAYLOR H'ords $ r/aci-s 469 In
popular estimation, idle and vagabond habits were acquired
by those who made the pilgrimage to the
Holy Land,
. .
fortune.
>
)
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
fb.
Cf. 3.
Conjecture, guessing. Ofrs. rarei Hen.
i. iii.
273, I speake not this 'in
[If,
estimation, As what I thinke might be, but what I know Is
ruminated, plotted, and set downe.
1
.
1596 SHAKS.
'
'
t 5. Judgement
ESTIMATIVE.
1398
Tiii-.visA
as a mental faculty.
Earth DC P.
A',
in. xi.
Cf.
Ol's.
14951 55 Proprely lo
speke a hound vsyth no reason but he vsyth a besye and
stronge estymacyon. 1509 H.uu-s 1'ast. j'leas. xxiv. ii,
These are the v. wyttes
Fyrst, conimyn \vytte. .Fantasy,
.
and estymacyon
,
.
trnely.
Estimative
mativ-iis,
Vstimativ'., a. fad. late
sxstimare
see ESTIMATE and
f.
:
1.
for
I...
xsti-
-IVE.]
Adapted
estimating
having the power of
f a. Estimative faculty , virtue, etc.
estimating,
the faculty of 'judgement' (,/.).
b. Kstimatire.
art [alter Gr. ffTo\aartKT)
T^viy1.
1398 TKKVISA Earth. De P.R. in. xi. 114951 55 The vertuu
eslimatine and the ymagynatyf ben
comyn to vs and lo
other beest. 1348-77 VICARY. -I nat. iv.(i888)
31 Jnthemiddesi
the Co:;!sel^or ventrikle [of the brain] there is founded
;
:
.
tatiue ur estimatiue vertue.
Bullen c>. /'/. III. 22 To
1666 J. SMITH
believe, etc.
1606 .\2f G.
.
6"<'<'jvr<f/yV
i.
jv.
make my esliinative power
Old Age (1752) 37 The fancy
both estimative and cogitative,
n 1691 BOYLE (J.), The
in
..
i
errour
is not in the eye, but in the estimative
faculty.
1839
and others acknowEncycl. llrit. XVII. 567/2 Mr. Combe
ledge that applied phrenology is an estimatu e art only.
t 2. a. Based upon estimation or
.
.
calculation,
b. Imputed, due to estimation.
Ob.s.
1618 29 Charges agsl. Dk. Bnckluu. in Rushw. Hist. Coll.
(1659) I. 346 This he delivered as a Sum Estimative. 01640
WANDESFORDE Instruct, to his Son 117771 5 83
Jewel of
that unvaluable Richness, not estimative but intrinsicall.
1651 CULPEPPER Astral. Jndgeiu. Dis. (16581 151 It anticipates the time estimative but 10. min.
A
Hence t E'stimatively adv.
manner by way of esteem
tive
;
1633 T. ADAMS F.xp, 2f'eierm.
are more to be loved estimatively
Obs,, in
an estima-
or respect.
i
Our
;
our natural, more
spiritual parents
in-
tensively.
Estimator
(e-stimmi). Also 8 -er. [a. L.
estimator, agent-n. f. xstimare
see ESTIMATE v.
:
than
f b. The condition of being esteemed
;
I
.
. .
tioun.
approximate
Company we keep. 1787 CANNING in Microcosm No. 18
"Wishing to know in what estimation he was held by mankind.
1796 C. MARSHALL Garden,
11813) i The degree of
;
Trans. LV, 308 The difference of declination was
something which
.
value.
Phil.
concr.
1530 PALSGR. 34 If he desyre that his writynges shulde
be had in any estymacion. ti 1335 MORE DC tjitat. Noviss.
Wks. 82/2 As rising of an hie estimacion of our self. 1576
FLEMING Panopl. Ep. 268 So farre from having monie in
estimation. I have cast it away from me. a 1680 BUTLER
Ran. (1759) II. 17 He holds it a kind of Self-preservation to
maintain a good Estimation of himself. 1712 STEELE
Sfect.
No. 456 f 5 Mens Estimation follows us according to the
for
.
;
That Tour
was of 25 myle
as Men may demen by estymacyrcuyt of the Walles
1424 Paston Lett. No. 4. I. 12 To the noumbre of
four score and more by estimacion.
1473 WARKW. Chron.
5 A blasynge sterre
iiij. fote highe by estimacyone.
1358
in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. v. 182 Three
parcells of
pasture grounde. .cpnteyning by estimacion eightene acres.
STURMY
Mariner's Mag. i. 160 If a ship sail 8 Miles
1669
South in an Hour, by Log or Estimation. 1771 HUTTON
Bridges 86 The proper estimation of the expence. 1786 Phil.
Trans. LXXyl. q The distance of the nearest threads became a very visible space, answerable to one minute each,
and therefore capable of a much further subdivision by estimation.
1838 DE MORGAN Ess. Probab. 128 That which we
call estimation means guess formed by a person whose
previous habits and experience are such as to make it
very
likely that he can tell nearly true that which would require
instruments to obtain with great approach to accuracy,
t b. Estimated number. Obs.
1513 Kk. Kernynge in Babces Bk. 274 There shall be set
brede, trenchours, and spones, after the estymacyon of them
v. (1839) 4 1
in
.
ROBINSON tr. Marc's Utop. II. (Arb.) 153 They be
wrought sofynelyand conningelye. .that the estimation of no
ment.
b. To
to; to appreciate the worth of; to esteem, hold
in (higher or lower) estimation.
1597 DANIEL Civ. Wares iv. iii, Their wisedome
Liuedogges before dead Lyons estimates. 1651 JER. TAYLOR
Clems Dom. 6 Saul's messengers and Saul himselfe turned
Prophets, that they might estimate the place and preserve
its priviledge.
i^S' JOHNSON Rambler No. 172 F 8 It is
difficult not to estimate what is
lately gained above its real
.
at
.
2. a. Appreciation, valuation in
respect of excellence or merit; esteem considered as a senti-
the weight of silver, .that men estimate commodities.
1710
PRiDEAUX(9r*>. Tithes ii. 68 1'he wages are to be estimated
according to the qualifications which are necessary in the
person.
1751 JOHNSON Rambler No. 118 p 9 To. .estimate
to the judgment in estimating the Distance run,
imputed
in making it too little, a
1687 PETTY Pol. Arit/t. 11690) 82
Some have estimated that there are not above Three hundred
-Millions of People in the whole World.
1765 MATY in
.
1551
;
i.
syluer for theyr horses
190
In the household book of Henry .. there are two different
estimations of wheat.
1792 A. Yo( -NT. T>-a-\ Friinct 409
The Bureau de la Balance du Commerce at Paris
is beyond all comparison more accurate in its estimations [than
the English Custom-house.]
f b. Estimated value
one values. Obs.
Kstimat- ppl. stem ofxstimdre, in class. L. = sense
i
in late L. also as in i b, 2-4.
Cf. ESTEEM.]
frl. trans. To assign a value to;
to appraise,
2. To form an
approximate notion of (the
amount, number, magnitude, or position of anything) without actual enumeration or measurement
to fix by estimate at.
Also with clause as obj.
1669 STURMY Mariners' Mag.
157 The Error is to be
They had
.
Forms: 5-6 esty^estimate, estimat, 6- estimate, [f. L.
.
13
St. Gt. Brit. i. in. ii. (1743) 158 Silver and gold have been
chosen to be the Instruments of Kxchange and Estimation of all Things.
1776 ADAM SMITH IV. jV~. ]. i. xi.
(e-stim^t), v.
engage
xiii.
iDouay)
t
securities,
I.
owne estymation, without any grud^yng. 1609 BIBLI;
i
Kings viii. 5 They immolated sheepe and oxen
without estimation and number.
1667 K. CHAHBERLAYNE
theyre
b. Estimation; manner in which
things are
viewed.
1637 R. HUMFREY tr. S. Aw/>r0sePre{. What is reputed
good in the estimate of the world. 1856 EMERSON En*-.
Traits, Aristocr. Wks. <Bohn) II. 84 The English barons,
In every period, have been brave and great, after the estimate and opinion of their times. 1863 GEO. ELIOT Romola
in. xxv, He was not unaware that he had sunk a little in
the estimate of the men who had accepted his services.
to
.
;
to day.
and
euer best thing he hath in his feeld
he shal restore for
estymacioun of the harm [Vulg. pro dainni ivstiniation,'
1388 the valu of harm]. 1413 I.YDG. Pilgr. Smvle iv. ix.
(1483) 62 The prys of myn Appel is of suche valewe that it
passeth the estymacion of ony creature. 1523 Ln. BERNERS
.
p 9 Outward Actions can never give a just Estimate of us.
1816 J. SCOTT I 'is. Paris ted. 51 270 The estimate of the
French character and condition, given in this volume, is an
unfavourable one. 1858 FROUDE Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 31
This estimate both of interest and fitness varied from clay
7
In 5 esty-
r 1425 tr. T. a Kejnpis' Consol. II. xi, Lete him not
pondre
gret, all bat may be estymatt gret.
1635 liAKRirrE Mil.
Dhcip. ex. (1643) 337
Jem, more prizable and esteemate,
then the best Armours of proofe.
'
mat(t,
Obs. rare.
:
-
specified piece of work.
1796 Hull Advertiser 14 May 2/2 Estimates to be given
in on or before the 25th of May.
1829 C. WELCH li'csl.
Polity 158 The various candidates for a contract deliver in
estimates. 1857 W. COLLINS Dead Secret (1861) 60, I wish
he had sent the estimate with it said Rosamond. 1878
Print. Trades Jrnl. xxv. 5 The proprietor of a. .weekly
newspaper sought estimates for its cheaper production.
3.
judgement formed or expressed
Estimate
E'Stimate, pa. pple.
matt, 6 esteemate. [ad. L. xstimat-jts, pa. pple.
of Kstimare
see ESTEEM.]
Used as pa. pple. of
ESTEEM or ESTIMATE.
A
.
ESTIVATE.
MAUNHEV.
c 1400
the burgher craft of the better class.
3. The process of
forming an approximate notion
of (numbers, quantities,
magnitudes, ettO without
actual enumeration or measurement.
One who estimates.
-OR.]
1665 J. GOODWIN Filled w. the Spirit (1867! 406 Our Saviour
was the best estimator concerning matters of profit.
1768-74 TUCKER Lt. Kat. (18521 I. 363 We are very bad
estimaters of happiness.
1861 Lond. Rev. 20 Apr. 434/2
They are by no means the keenest estimators.
and
a
.
.
Estimatory
(e-stimatari), a.
[ad. L. xstimSsee prec.]
torius, {. ustiiniitor
(See quots.)
1736-1800 BAILEY, sEstiinatory, of or belonging lo pricing
or valuing ; for a price or estimation.
1818 COLEBROOKE
Oblig. $ Contracts 1. 18 Estimatory contract (binding in the
:
alternative to sell for a fixt price or return the goods'.
Estime,
Estin,
-er, obs.
Sc.
ff.
ESTEEM, -ER.
form of HASTEN a. Obs.
[Fr. estivage, {. estiver, ad. It. stiPr. estipar, Sp. and Pg. estivar-.L.. stipare
to pack close.]
mode of stowing or trimming
vessels by pressing or screwing the cargo into the
vessel by means of a capstan machinery,
practised
in American or Mediterranean ports.
(Ogilvie.)
II
Estivage.
vare
=
A
Estival, var. form of /EsTiVAL.
Estivate, v. An occasional spelling of ESTIVATE, to spend the summer; esp. of animals, to
spend the summer in a state of torpor.
1636-81 in BLOUNT Clossogr. 1834 THOREAU Waldcn
(1863) 317
As
if
he had a design to estivale with
us.
xvi:
1883