n. [ OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth. See Valiant. ]
For contemplation he and valor formed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pg. valorizacão. ] Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market value or price to a commodity by governmental interference, as by maintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to producers to enable them to hold their products, etc.; -- used chiefly of such action by Brazil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus. ] Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. --