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Valorize

//ˈvæləˌraɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable. transitive

    "[…]noting his tendency “to valorise my father and, I'm afraid, to demonise her because of some of the tendencies she had: she was very harsh. That was a faint undertone to my 'idyllic' childhood, I suppose.”"

  2. 2
    To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action. transitive

Etymology

Back-formation from valorization.

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