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Favor

Favor (favor)
n.(?)
Fa"vor
[Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh1913 webster dictionaryvaya to further, foster, causative of bh1913 webster dictionary to become, be. Cf. Be. In the ph
  1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

    Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.

  2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.

    But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden.

    And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.

  3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.

    Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak.

  4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

    I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. Swift.

  5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.

    All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,
    His chief delight and favor.
    Milton.

  6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

    Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.

  7. Appearance; look; countenance; face.
    [Obs.]

    This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.

  8. Partiality; bias.
    Bouvier.
  9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
  10. Love locks.
    [Obs.] Wright.

    Challenge to the favor or for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. -- In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. -- To curry favor [see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. -- With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission.

    But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.

    Syn. -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.


Favor

Favor (favor)
v. t.
Fa"vor
  1. To regard with kindness] to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

    O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope.

    He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11.

    [The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.

  2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
  3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.

    The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.














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