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   Valor (?), n. [OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth. See Valiant.] [Written also valour.]
   
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   1. Value; worth. [Obs.] “The valor of a penny.”  Sir T. More.
   
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   2. Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.
   
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   For contemplation he and valor formed. Milton.
   
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   When valor preys on reason,
   
   It eats the sword it fights with. Shak.
   
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   Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor. B. Jonson.
   
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   3. A brave man; a man of valor. [R.]  Ld. Lytton.
   
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   Syn. -- Courage; heroism; bravery; gallantry; boldness; fearlessness. See Courage, and Heroism.
   
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