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Webster 1913 Edition


Valor

Val′or

,
Noun.
[OE.
valour
, OF.
valor
,
valur
,
valour
, F.
valeur
, LL.
valor
, fr. L.
valere
to be strong, or worth. See
Valiant
.]
[Written also
valour
.]
1.
Value; worth.
[Obs.]
“The valor of a penny.”
Sir T. More.
2.
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
For contemplation he and
valor
formed.
Milton.
When
valor
preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.
Shakespeare
Fear to do base, unworthy things is
valor
.
B. Jonson.
3.
A brave man; a man of valor.
[R.]
Ld. Lytton.
Syn. – Courage; heroism; bravery; gallantry; boldness; fearlessness. See
Courage
, and
Heroism
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Valor

VAL'OR

,
Noun.
[L. valor, valeo, to be strong, to be worth.]
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; intrepidity; prowess.
When valor preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
For contemplation he and valor form'd.
Ad valorem, in commerce, according to the value; as an ad valorem duty.

Definition 2024


valôr

valôr

See also: valor

Friulian

Noun

valôr m (plural valôrs)

  1. value

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