valorize
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Definition of valorize
1 : to enhance or try to enhance the price, value, or status of by organized and usually governmental action using subsidies to valorize coffee
2 : to assign value or merit to : validate
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But a curious thing has happened in the half-century since his death — those who opposed him now valorize him. — Jemar Tisby, Washington Post, "Why so many white churches resisted Martin Luther King Jr.’s call," 15 Jan. 2018 The Spanish state codified the process and ingredients to regulate the quality and geographic origins of Idiazabal cheese, a strategy to valorize this local product in the larger market place. — Michael Atwood Mason, Smithsonian, "After 50 Years of Song, Dance, Food, Even Hog Calling, at the Folklife Festival, Is It Still Worthwhile?," 21 June 2017 The Spanish state codified the process and ingredients to regulate the quality and geographic origins of Idiazabal cheese, a strategy to valorize this local product in the larger market place. — Michael Atwood Mason, Smithsonian, "After 50 Years of Song, Dance, Food, Even Hog Calling, at the Folklife Festival, Is It Still Worthwhile?," 22 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'valorize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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