Value, vb. 1) to rate, to prize, to estimate: “rich or poor, as fancy --s them,” Meas. II, 2, 151. “thy substance, --d at the highest rate,” Err. I, 1, 24. “her wit --s itself so highly,” Ado III, 1, 53. “I myself was to myself not mine, --ing of her,” IV, 1, 141 (estimating what she was to me. cf. Of). LLL II, 137. V, 2, 445. Merch. IV, 1, 451 “(let his deservings and my love withal be --d'gainst your wife's commandment).” As I, 3, 73. John III, 1, 343. H4A III, 2, 177. V, 2, 60 (making you ever better than his praise by still dispraising praise --d with you; i. e. compared with your worth). H5 I, 1, 11. H6C V, 3, 14. Troil. II, 2, 52. Lr. I, 1, 58. II, 2, 153. II, 4, 141. Ant. V, 2, 139. Cymb. I, 6, 24.
2) to rate at a high price, to esteem: “we never --d this poor seat of England,” H5 I, 2, 169. “which of the dukes he --s most,” Lr. I, 1, 5. cf. II, 2, 153.
3) to be worth: “the peace between the French and us not --s the cost that did conclude it,” H8 I, 1, 88. “it --s not your asking,” II, 3, 52.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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