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value(2) (iou)



value verb trans. ['valju:] L15.
[from the noun.]
I.
Estimate or appraise as being worth a specified sum or amount. Freq. foll. by at. L15.
H. Brooke The appraisers..valued the same to four pounds. Sunday Correspondent A consignment of hawksbill turtleshell..valued at 6.5m yen..was imported from the Cayman Islands.
Estimate the value of; appraise, esp. professionally. E16.
J. Morley Voltaire got his bill back, and the jewels were to be duly valued. Guardian The basis on which the industry will be valued for..privatisation.
Estimate or regard as having a certain value or worth. Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI The Queen is valued thirty thousand strong. J. Leoni The Cypress is valu'd almost equal with the Spice Trees.
II.
Consider of worth or importance; have a high opinion of; esteem. M16.
A. J. Toynbee Spain must have valued this minor possession.., or she would not have built the..fortifications. B. Rubens He valued his own privacy sufficiently to have respect for someone else's. D. Hurd She valued her independence.
Have a value of (a certain amount or quantity). Formerly also, equal in value; be worth. M16.
T. Herbert An English shilling values twentie two pice.
Take account or notice of; be concerned about; care about. Only in neg. contexts. Now rare. L16.
Defoe People infected..valued not who they injur'd.
Give greater value to; raise the estimation of. rare. Only in 17.
refl. Pride or congratulate oneself on or upon; take credit to or think highly of oneself for. M17.
J. L. Motley The learned Doctor valued himself upon his logic.