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valued, ppl. a.|ˈvæljuːd|
[f. prec.]
†1.
a. In which value is indicated. Obs.—1
1605Shakes. Macb. iii. i. 94 The valued file Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle.
b. valued policy (see quot. 1848).
1761in Burrow Law Rep. II. 1171 A valued Policy is not to be considered as a Wager Policy. 1766Ibid. IV. 69. 1848 Arnould Marine Insur. i. v. (1866) I. 218 A valued policy is one in which the agreed value of the subject insured..is expressed on the face of the policy. 1903Daily Chron. 25 Sept. 6/7 Let..the private individual demand a ‘valued’ policy, and the monopoly of the big companies collapses.
2. Estimated, appraised; to which a definite value has been assigned.
1607Middleton Fam. Love i. ii. 58 Art or nature never yet could set A valued price to her unvalued worth. 1613J. Tapp Pathw. Knowledge 258 Now out of 252 li. the valued price of 12 peeces of Linnen cloth ready money, substract 46 li. [etc.] 1752McDouall Inst. Laws Scot. II. 333 There is no mention in the brieve or service of the Valued rent. 1798in Hist. Moray (1882) I. i. 172 The valued rent is {pstlg}350. 1913R. H. Gretton Mod. Hist. Eng. People I. ii. 52 Rents were refused above the ‘valued rent’ scale.
3. Highly esteemed or appreciated.
1665Glanvill Defence Van. Dogm. 79 Laertius sayes in his [book that] the Epicureans..were the only valued Sects of Philosophers. 1725Pope Odyssey xv. 129 This silver bowl,..this valued gift be thine. 1746Francis tr. Horace, Epist. i. xviii. 138 You..boldly guard the injur'd Fame Of a well-known, and valued Friend. 1803Visct. Strangford Poems of Camoens (1810) 107 Within my bosom's cell I bear A recent wound—a valued woe. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 160 The exposition of a political transaction is never without some valued results. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xxvii. 272, I have omitted that which was its most valued characteristic. It abounded in life. |