valorize

verb

1. (transitive)To assess (something) as being valuable or admirable.

   “[…]noting his tendency “to valorise my father and, I'm afraid, to demonise her because of some of the tendencies she had: she was very harsh. That was a faint undertone to my 'idyllic' childhood, I suppose.””

   “Creating a historical dictionary for a variety of English valorises that variety by linking it to national history and national identity.”

   “You can see it in the way we valorize the C.E.O.s of “unicorn” companies who have expanded their wealth far beyond what could possibly be justified by their individual contributions.”

2. (transitive)To fix the price of (something) at an artificially high level, usually by government action.