To esteem, value, think highly of; to count dear or precious; to ascribe value or importance to. Often with negative: (Not) to care for or regard. Obs…

To attach weight or importance to; to care for, regard, reck. With negative, To make no account of, set… transitive (or with object clause.)

To have (a certain estimate) of a person or thing: in idiomatic phrases expressing high or low… By substitution of not for nought, and by extension…

to attribute (much), etc.: to ascribe great importance to, to hold in high estimation. Obsolete.

intransitive. To attach importance to, treat as important, give prominence or weight to; to value, set store by. Cf. to stand on —— 3d at phrasal…

transitive. To make important.

In various phrases. to lay weight upon: †to urge (a person) to do something (obsolete); to attach importance or value to.

With on or upon. intransitive. With (up)on. To show regard or consideration for a person or thing; to value, appreciate. Obsolete. rare.

fig. phrase (colloquial or slang). to take (largeetc.) stock in (rarely of)): to be interested in, attach importance to, give credence to. Also to t…