v.
1) ('to regard') to ~ favorably
2) ( D ; tr. ) ('to regard'); ('to examine') to ~ as (we ~ed him as a possible candidate)
3) ( D ; tr. ) ('to regard as a candidate') to ~ for (he cannot be ~ed for the job)
4) ( G ) ('to contemplate') she ~ed resigning
5) ( M ) ('to believe') we ~ her to be our friend
6) ( N ; used with an adjective, noun, past participle) ('to believe') we ~ her qualified; we ~ her a genius
7) ( Q ) ('to contemplate') they ~ed where to hide the money
USAGE NOTE: Note the contrasts between ~ as and ~ in the following text
-- In her book she ~s ('examines') Shakespeare as a playwright and as a poet. She ~s ('believes') Shakespeare (to be) both a great playwright and a great poet. However, she ~s ('believes') Shakespeare (to be) even greater as a playwright than as a poet.