valuate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of valuate
First recorded in 1870–75; back formation from valuation
Example Sentences
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This is something boys learn early and, for years, maybe even a lifetime, it comes to define how they valuate each other and themselves.
From Time • Oct. 20, 2016
He contacted art appraisers from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams, and had them valuate “a very short list” of works the museum had purchased over the years.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2014
But to value also means a distinctively intellectual act—an operation of comparing and judging—to valuate.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John
The actual harm I can do, I leave you to valuate for yourself.
From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The actual harm I can do I leave you to valuate for yourself.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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