valourise
valourise is the alternative form of valorize.
Meaning of valorize
Verb
valorize (third-person singular simple present valorizes, present participle valorizing, simple past and past participle valorized)
- To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable.
- […]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.”2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action.
Forms of valourise
| third-person singular present | valourises |
|---|---|
| present participle | valourising |
| past participle | valourised |
| past | valourised |
Origin of valourise
From valour + -ise.
Questions about valourise
- What is valourise the alternative form of?
- Valourise is the alternative form of valorize.
Words near valourise in the dictionary
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