单词 | valure |
释义 | valuren. rare since 17th cent. (now disused). a. Courage, bravery; = valour n. 1c. Obsolete.Common from the late 16th cent. to the early 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun] earlshipOE prowessc1325 pruancec1330 valiantisec1330 wightshipc1330 valure?a1350 wightness1377 orpednessa1398 orpedshipc1400 valiantness1470 valiance1475 fierceness1490 priceheadc1540 valiancy1574 valor1586 valencea1604 valeur1646 valorousness1727 ?a1350 Guy of Warwick (Wales 572) (1974) l. 364 (MED) He that his of gret walur, Tahar may he get mikil honur. a1425 (?a1350) Seven Sages (Galba) (1907) l. 579 (MED) Þan þe knightes of grete valure Went tite vnto þe Emperowre. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 504 I wyste never Cornysh knyght of so grete a valure nor so valyaunte as that knyght. 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Diiij Thy valure is but vaunts, thy weapons are but wordes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xii. 125 The Arabians..beleue that in valure & hardines they doe surpasse al the other nations. 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A2 This is your old valure nephew, that will fight sleeping as well as waking. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 24 Sept. (1855) 50 Barrones and gentilmen of good soirt..by quhas valure the kingdome hath ever been defendit. b. Physical strength or ability; power, might. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] mighteOE avelOE mainOE strengthOE strengthOE virtuec1330 forcea1375 birr1382 valure1440 firmitude?1541 thews1566 iron1695 invalescence1755 physicals1824 beef1851 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 152 Febylnesse, or lytylle of valure, exilitas, invalitudo. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 33 (MED) Ponthus..said..that he had nawther wytt ne valure to gouerne itt. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 4 Of our selues we are so weake, & our abilitie so small, our valure so little, and haue so few things, that..of our selues we haue not what to giue. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 440 Causing the Cananites to feare his force and valure. c. Worthiness due to rank or personal qualities; = valour n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 26 This womman, that is woful for the deth of Hector, is vnderstanden be wurthines and valure, whan it is dulle and deedid in knyghthoode. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 3 Be swyft and redy, Hym or hem first to grete Yf he be or they be men of valure. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 139 What glory or what valure the may be-tyde. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vii. f. 26v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I I doubt not, but hys fame and renowme in learnyng, shall be aunswerable to his desert and valure in writyng. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 65 As to the gaser well it might appeere That all the Vallewer in the world was heere. 1682 W. Dugdale Antient Usage 45 The Bearers..do honour their bearings by their renown, vertue and valure. 2. Material or monetary worth; = value n. 1. Frequently in of great (also little, etc.) valure. An attempt was made by the American senator Dana J. Tinnes (d. 1933) to reintroduce the word in a specific sense (see quot. 1918), but this never achieved any currency. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] wortheOE valuea1325 cost1340 valourc1350 valure1440 valora1483 valoir1496 valor1496 valuation1549 valent1765 vallidom1790 money value1848 money-worth1854 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 187 Garment of grete valure [?a1475 Winch. valu], mutatorium. 1453–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Mar. 1453 §71. m. 2 Decreas of the pris and valure of the wolles. 1491–2 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 41 Smalle peces of clene golde of litelle valure. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 2 [They] shall..put to such markes to every of the same wares..upon payne of forfeyture the double valure of the same wares. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bvj Hys horse is iudged to be of such valure if you respect ye price, as is one of our cities. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 387 Swearing vnto him that he woulde prouyde other for him, that should amount to as good a valure. 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Ej Putting the valure of them, how much they be, after the common price in ready money. 1602 tr. G. Corrozet Memorable Conceits 46 The traitors being aggrieued that the presents which the King had sent them were of so small valure: They complained vnto him. 1617 in European Mag. & London Rev. June (1792) 422 The whol valure was 15l. 1918 D. J. Tinnes in Amer. Econ. Rev. 8 585 The word ‘value’..is more or less confusing... A better suggestion would be the now obsolete word ‘valure’. The meaning of this term would be somewhat altered and its use sharply limited to this thought of general exchange value. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > of thing worshipa1200 worth1340 value1379 valuec1380 emprisea1393 worthinessa1398 valure1470 valor1579 1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 416 They excede nott þe valure off 1 li. yerlye. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. fiij/2 I doubte the not the valure of an olde dede hounde. a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 14 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV (MED) Whersomeuer the yerd be bought or sold, euer the dim. yerd is at half the valure of the yard. 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 138 Robert edward wyll spende..to the valuer of twenty markys to helpe them with all. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.vv He..neuer vsed..to passe vpon him selfe the valure of .vi. d. at a meale. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 455 I woudn't do't for the valur of a guinea. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] mainOE mightOE strengthOE efficace?c1225 bootingc1300 effectc1390 powera1393 boota1400 efficacity1430 operationc1450 valure1483 feck1495 efficacy1527 effectualness1545 effectuousnessa1576 validity1593 effectiveness1607 workingness1611 efficaciousnessa1628 operativeness1627 efficiency1633 effectualitya1641 energy1668 availablenessa1676 availment1699 potentialness1727 affectingnessa1774 effectivity1838 efficience1865 well working1879 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > useless [phrase] of no valure1483 no (also not much) bottle1846 not much cop1902 no dice1931 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of no worth of no valure1483 not worth a whistlea1529 not worth a lousea1592 not worth shucks1843 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxiv. 29 This excusacyon is of no valure. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 201 Ffor ellis war jt litill of valure the preuilege yat the Emperour has gevin to the haly kirk. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. B.vjv Wordes, whiche were not mete,..rude, and least of valure. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vi. ii. 149 These [wines] are not least of all accompted of, bicause of their strength and valure. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits v. 61 We call memory a reasonable power, because without it, the vnderstanding and the imaginatiue are of no valure. 1599 R. Pont Against Sacrilege i. sig. B8 I can not see how these men..may be sufficiently excused in good conscience before God; that meddle with either bels, lead, relicques..or such like things of any effectual valure. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > [noun] time1562 value1562 quantityc1570 valure1597 time value1848 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. With what toyle and wearinesse I was enforced to compare the parts for trying out the valure of some notes. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1028/2 The sentence thereof might not be founde fautye and valureles by me. 1612 I. M. tr. Most Famous Hist. Meruine i. xiii. 84 Retire thou valurelesse amated nation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > of great value dearworthc888 richa1225 preciousc1300 cherec1320 of pricea1325 dearworthyc1374 wealthy1565 valurous1590 estimable1600 important1810 gilt-edged1821 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. A7v Thy Garments shall be..Enchast with precious iuelles of mine owne: More rich and valurous than Zenocrates. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) iii. 181 He lost most part of all the towns he had conquered in Liffland, regained by that most valurous king Stephanus Batur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † valurev. Obsolete. transitive. = value v. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on praisea1325 extendc1330 appraise1424 value1434 value1439 setc1460 valure1487 appreciate1512 rate1555 estimate1611 put1755 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > place value on apprizea1400 counta1400 prize1487 valure1487 reckonc1515 even1571 valuate1588 value1589 rate1599 seta1616 ventilate?c1682 eventilate1706 appreciate1769 1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §33. m. 12 The nature, weight, content or valure of all maner other merchandises used to be weyed or valurered. a1530 T. Lupset Exhort. to Yonge Men (1535) f. 20v There may be a great quantite of leade, yt shal be valured aboue the smalle portion of golde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1350v.1487 |
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