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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
It eats the sword it fights with.
valor
preys on reason,It eats the sword it fights with.
Shakespeare
Fear to do base, unworthy things is
valor
. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Valor
VAL'OR
,Noun.
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.