| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A feeling of deference, approval, and liking: account, admiration, appreciation, consideration, estimation, favor, honor, regard, respect. See RESPECT. | | VERB: | 1. To have a high opinion of: admire, consider, honor, regard, respect, value. Idioms: look up to, think highly (or much) (or well) of. See PRAISE. 2. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of: appreciate, cherish, prize1, respect, treasure, value. Idioms: set store by. See PRAISE. 3. To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, reckon, regard, see, view. See PERSPECTIVE.
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