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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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   Value; worth. [Obs.] “The valor of a penny.”  
   Sir T. More.
   
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   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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   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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