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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
valorize
 
SYLLABICATION:val·or·ize
PRONUNCIATION:  vl-rz
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: val·or·ized, val·or·iz·ing, val·or·iz·es
1. To establish and maintain the price of (a commodity) by governmental action. 2. To give or assign a value to: “The prophets valorized history” (Mircea Eliade).
ETYMOLOGY:Portuguese valorizar, from valor, value, from Late Latin. See valor.
OTHER FORMS:valor·i·zation (-r--zshn) —NOUN
 
 
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