valorar
= appraise, rate, value, respect, cherish, prize [prise, -USA].
Ex: Historical archives may be briefly be defined as that portion of the total mass of records which, being no longer current, have been appraised and selected for permanent preservation.
Ex: A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.
Ex: Often, the facilities offered by a co-operative may not be as sophisticated as those available from software vendors, but the support of a group of libraries is valued.
Ex: She paid everyone the compliment of respecting what is subtle and unique in each of them.
Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
Ex: She was so poor that she had nothing but one single hen, which she prized as the apple of her eye.
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* valorar Algo mucho = value + Nombre + highly.