Part 3938

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of estimating.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; <as>as, <ex>estimations</ex> of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities</as>.</def>

<blockquote>If he be poorer that thy <b>estimation</b>, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. <i>Lev. xxvii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.</def>

<blockquote>I shall have <b>estimation</b> among multitude, and honor with the elders. <i>Wisdom viii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Supposition; conjecture.</def>

<blockquote>I speak not this in <b>estimation</b>, As what I think might be, but what I know. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See <er>Estimate</er>, <tt>n.</tt></syn>

<h1>Estimative</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es"ti*ma*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>estimatif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.</def>

<blockquote>We find in animals an <b>estimative</b> or judicial faculty. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to an estimate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Estimator</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es"ti*ma`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aestimator</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who estimates or values; a valuer.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<mhw><h1>Estival, a., Estivate </, v. i., Estivation</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es"ti*val</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, <hw>Es"ti*vate</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, <hw>Es`ti*va"tion</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></mhw> <def>Same as <er>\'92stival</er>, <er>\'92stivate</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Estoile</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es`toile"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>\'82toile</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Estoile of eight points</col>, <cd>a star which has four straight and four wavy rays.</cd> -- <col>Estoile of four points</col>. <cd>Same as <i>Cross estoil\'82<i>, under <er>Cross</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Estop</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*top"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Estophed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Estopping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>estoper</ets> to stop, plug, close, F. <ets>\'82touper</ets>, LL. <ets>stuppare</ets> to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L. <ets>stuppa</ets> tow, oakum, cf. Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Stop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To impede or bar by estoppel.</def>

<blockquote>A party will be <b>estopped</b> by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage to himself. <i>Abbott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Estoppel</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*top"pel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Estop</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i> <i>Stephen.</i> <i>Burrill.</i>