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To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.] Shak.

To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. Fuller. Shak.

To exceed in weight or value.

Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.

Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports. J. Edwards.

To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [Obs.] Shak.

Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.

To rate or value too highly.

the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phonician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; fathe…

Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.

A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun. Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place of a body as seen from the earth and sun; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star. -- Binocular parallax, the apparent difference in position of…

Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.

held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. "Let him pass for a man." Shak. False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. Felton. This will not pass for a fault in him. Atterbury.

(Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.

mand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). "Pay me that thou owest." Matt. xviii. 28. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matt. xviii. 26. If they pay this tax, they sta…

That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value.

round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.