Obs. [ad. L. existimātiōn-em, f. existimāre: see prec.] = ESTIMATION.
1. Valuation in respect of excellence or merit; appreciation; worth in the opinion of others, repute, credit; = ESTIMATION 2 a, b.
1538. Starkey, England, II. i. 151. Such honowre and exystymatyon as ys gyven to maryed men.
1551. Robinson, trans. More’s Utop., II. (Arb.), 82. One rather willing the harme … of the weale publike then any … diminution of his owne existimation.
1670. Moral State Eng., Pref. A ij b. He who striveth to wound his Brother’s existimation, at the same time stabbeth his own.
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 456, ¶ 6. Mens Existimation [ed. Morley Estimation] follows us according to the Company we keep.
2. Opinion based on reasoning; judgment.
1655–60. Stanley, Hist. Philos., VIII. (1701), 324/1. Faith is proper to a wise man, for it is a firm existimation.
1658. Phillips, Existimation, a thinking or judging.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
