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promote.] 1. Goodwill; kind regard; counte- 10. A charm; attraction; grace. [Archaic.] 
. 
nance; friendly disposition; a willingness to 
aid, support, or defend. 
This Pope [Clement V.) was Native of Bourdeaux, and 
so the more regardful of the King's Desire, and the King 
the more confident of his Fiinmr 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 99. 
A woman sate wepyng, 
With/(tuour in here face far passynge my reson. 
Hymiu to Vinjin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 126. 
Thought and affliction, passion, hell itself, 
she turns tofawur, and to prettiness. 
Sliak., Hamlet, iv. 5. 
Butoneofthepeculiaritiesof James's character was that H. A letter or written communication: said 
no act, however wicked ami shameful, which had been cor riplhneutarily : as, yorjl favor of yesterday's 
,*.i i,., f. .1... ;.... t/i <r<iin Iii-: fnrntir f.vi-v RAfinifld to ". -, J 
, 
prompted by a desire to nail' his favour, ever seemed to 
him deserving of disapprobation. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
date is to hand Challenge to the favor. Seec/ml- 
lenge, . Marriage favors. See marriage. To curry 
favor. See curri/i. To find favor in the eyes of. 
favorite 
A favourable speed 
Ruffle thy mirror'd mast, and lead 
Thro' prosperous Hoods. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, ix. 
It is for the arboriculturist to study nature's mode of 
sowing, and to imitate only her favourable features. 
Km-i/c. Brit., II. 321. 
4f. Having a pleasing favor or appearance; 
well favored; beautiful. 
None more favourable nor more faire . . . 
Then Clarion. Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 20. 
= Syn. 1. Auspicious, willing, inclined (toward). 2 and 
3. l''it, adapted, suitable. 
Can the favour of the Czar make guiltless the murderer 
1 " ' 
be pleased to add the favour of your pardon. 
Jer. Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 198. 
objective regard, aid, support, or behoof: with rir _ j t- favorire, < ML. as if * favorire), favor, ion] 
in : as, to be or act in favor of a person or thing ; < L. favor, favor : see favor, n. Cf . favorize.] 
to resign an office in favor of another; he is in ^ trans. 1. To regard with favor; entertain favorably, favourably (fa'vor-a-bli), adv. In 
high favor at court or with the people. favor for; be disposed to aid; countenance; a favorable manner ; with friendly disposition 
The inclination of a Prince is best known either by those befriend; regard or treat with favor or partial- or indulgence ; conveniently; advantageously, 
next about him, and most in favor with him, or by the cur- j t . accO mmodate : as, tofavor the weaker side. 
font. i*t hie nwii nf'HrmK Mntlllt. KlKOMOKlaStCS. 1. * ' * 
rent of his own actions. Milton, Eikonoklastes, i. 
O that the voice of clamor and debate . . . 
Were hush'd in favor of thy gen'rous plea ! 
Cowper, Charity, 1. 311. 
The most distinguished professional men bear witness 
with an overwhelming authority, in favor of a course of 
education in which to train the mind shall be the first ob- 
ject, and to stock it the second. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 27. 
3. The object of kind regard ; the person or 
thing favored. [Rare.] 
All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, 
His chief delight and/avow. Milton, P. L., iii. 664. 
4. A kind act or office ; kindness done or mani- 
f ested ; any act of grace or good will, as distin- 2 
guished from acts of justice or remuneration. 
And if thy poor devoted servant may 
But beg erne favour at thy gracious hand, 
Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. 
A favour well bestowed is almost as great an honour to 
him who confers it as to him who receives it. 
Steele, Spectator, No 497. 
There are divers motives drawing men to /<u'owr might- 
ily those opinions wherein their persuasions are but weak- 
ly settled. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v., Ded. 
Then died also Edm. Grindall, Archbishopof Canterbury, 
. . . who stood highly in the Queen's Favour for a long 
time, till he lost it at last by favouring (as was said) the 
Puritans Conventicles. Baker, Chronicles, p. 361. 
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. 
Book of Common Prayer, Lesser Litany. 
There grew a great question of one Heriot for plotting 
of factions and abusing the gouernour, for which he was 
condemned to lose his eares, yet he was vsed so fauuour- 
ably he lost but the part of one in all. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 163. 
favored, favoured (fa'vord), a. [< favor, n., 
1. Featured; looking, etc.: in com- 
Perceiving musical instruments lying near, he begged to 
be/acouredwithasong. Goldvnith, Vicar, v. ^- phrases: as ' a bird-favored man; he 
I pledge her [the Muse], and she comes and dips well/a ,,*. ed . 
Now let me put the boy and girl to school : 
This is the favour that I came to ask. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
5. Partial kindness; biased regard or consid- 
eration; predilection; partiality: as, kissing 
goes by/atw; a fair field and no favor. 
Unbiass'd or by favour, or by spite ; 
Not dully prepossess'd, or blindly right. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 633. 
Her laurel in the wine, 
And lays it thrice upon my lips, 
These favour'd lips of mine. 
Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 
To be favorable to; facilitate or render 
easier : as, the darkness of the night favored 
the enemy's approach. 
I go about in black, which/aiwrs the notion. 
Lamb, Essays of Elia, p. 16. 
As vigorous and systematic exercise is a prime condition 
of the general health, so the want of it favors the approach 
of disease. Huxley and Youinans, Physiol., 490. 
3. To resemble in features or aspect; look 
somewhat like. [Now chiefly colloq.] 
We saw but three of their women, and they were but 
of meane stature, attyred in skins like the men, but fat 
and \\e\l favoured. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 107. 
Speed. Is she not hard favoured, sir? 
Val. Not so fair, boy, as well favoured. 
Shak.,T. G. of V.,ii. 1. 
A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine 
own. Sliak., As you Like it, v. 4. 
2. Adorned with a favor; wearing a favor: 
usually in compounds. 
But they must go, the time draws on, 
And those white-/rowr'rf horses wait. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Conclusion. 
favoredly, favouredly (fa'vord-li), adv. In re- 
nothing but humane'in their Diuinitie; therefore called spect to features, appearance, or manner: in 
compounds. 
I left a certain letter behind me which was read in the 
church of Bethleem, the which letter my aduersaries haue 
very euil faueredly translated and sinister!}- expounded. 
Foxe, Martyrs, p. 577. 
favoredness, favouredness (fa'vord-nes), . 
1. The state of being favored. 2. Appear- 
In the evening spent my time walking in the dark, m . 
the garden, to favour my eyes, which I find nothing but ance : in compounds. 
ease do help. Pepys, Diary, IV. 26. favorer, favourer (fa'vor-er), 71. One who or 
that which favors ; one who assists or promotes 
the success or prosperity of another. 
Deceived greatly they are, therefore, who think that all 
they whose names are cited amongst the favourers of this 
the sonnes of men. Purchae, Pilgrimage, p. 34. 
The porter owned that the gentleman favoured his mas- 
ter. Spectator. 
You do look like the Brandons ; you really favor 'em 
consider'ble. S. 0. Jemtt, Deephaven, p. 91. 
4. To ease ; spare : as, to favor a lame leg. 
Pedal evenly and use both legs. Those who have no 
practical experience will hardly believe how often a rider 
favours one leg more than the other. 
Bury and llillier. Cycling, p. 222. 
6. To extenuate; palliate; represent favorably, 
He has favoured her squint admirably. Swift. 
Most favored nation clause. See <*rase.=Syn. 1. To 
patronize, help, assist. 
Il.t intrans. To have the semblance (of). 
How little tills favours of a Protestant is too easily per- 
ceav'd. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xx. 
cause are on any such verdict agreed. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv., Pref. 
Do not I know you for & favourer 
Of this new sect? Shak., Hen. VIII., v. 2. 
favoress, favouress (fa'vor-es), n. [< favor, 
v., + -ess.] A woman who shows or confers fa- 
vor; a woman who favors or supports. [Rare.] 
The lady Margaret Alencon, a principal favouress of the 
protestant religion. 
Ilakeivill, Answer to Dr. Carrier (1616), p. 184. 
Let them [women] have a fair field, but let them under- 
stand, as the necessary correlative, that they are to have 
no favour. Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 25. 
6. Leave ; permission ; indulgence ; concession. 
By thy/oooitr, sweet welkin, I must sigh in thy face. 
Shak., L. L. L.,iii. 1. 
I speak it under favour, 
Not to contrary you, sir. B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 1. 
But with your favour I will treat it here. Dryden. 
7. Advantage ; convenience afforded for sue- as in painting or description, 
cess: as, the enemy approached under faror of 
the night. 8. Something bestowed as a token 
of good will or of love ; a gift or present ; hence, 
a gift, usually from a woman to a man, as a 
sleeve, glove, or knot of ribbons, to be worn, 
as a token of friendship or love, at a fair or 
wedding, in a festive assembly, or habitually, favorablei favourable (fa' vpr-a-bl), a. [< ME. ukew>iu An8wer to Dr Carrler (1816) 184 . 
as formerly m knight-errantry. Now specifically f mora beL < OF. (and F.) favorable = Pr. Sp. f 
applied to the small gifts of various kinds exchanged be- J f nraU ' Ps favoravel It farorabile < L favoringly, favourmgly (fa'vpr-mg-h), adv. 
tween the partners in the dance called the german. javoraoie - rg. javvrai n.jui UK, \ u. : B '' t ri. _ or Vnnfpr favor 
favoraUKs, favored, in favor, popular, also win- ln sucn a manner as to r ra^ or. 
ning f avor, pleasing, < favor, favor: see favor.-] favorite, favourite (fa'vor-it), n. and a. [< 
1. Kind; friendlyf well inclined; manifesting OF. favorit, F. faron, m., favorite, f = Sp. 
, _^,' . ---^iality. favorito, m., favonta, f., = Pg. favorito, < It. 
favorito, m., favorita, f., a favorite, prop. pp. 
of favorire, favor, protect, support, < favore, fa- 
Lend favourable ear to our requests. r.] In. 1 . A person or thing regarded with 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. peculiar favor, liking, or^ preference ; one ^who 
I humbly thank your Lordship for the favourable, and 
indeed too high a Character you please to give of my Sur- 
vey of Venice. Howell, Letters, iv. 48. 
2. Conducive; contributing; tending to pro- 
mote : as, conditions favorable to population. 
Nothing is more favourable to the reputation of a writer 
than to be succeeded by a nftce inferior to himself. 
Macaulay, Petrarch. 
A poetical religion must, it seems, be favorable to art. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 115. 
The glove which I have given him for & favour 
May, haply, purchase him a box o' the ear. 
Shak., Hen. V., iv. 7. 
There's my glove for a favour. 
B. ' 
!. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
Hang all your lady's favours on your crest, 
And let them fight their shares. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, ii. 2. 
"Will you wear 
My favour at this tourney?" " Nay," said he, 
" Fair lady, since I never yet have worn 
Favour of any lady in the lists. . . . 
What is it?" and she told him, "Aredsleeve 
Broider'd with pearls." 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
9. Countenance; appearance; look; features. 
[Archaic.] 
In beauty, that of favour is more than that of colour, 
and that of decent and gracious motion more than that 
of favour. Bacon, Beauty (ed. 1887). 
I know your favour well, 
Though now you have no sea-cap on your head. 
Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 
Get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint 
an inch thick, to tills favour she must come. 
Sh ak., Hamlet, v. 1. 
Folks don't use to meet for amusement with firearms. 
. . . This, my lady, I say, has an angry favour. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, v. 1. 
good will or partiality. 
Til tham the world esfavorabel. 
Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 1. 1344. 
That civilization exerts upon the older societies of the 
world an influence which is on the whole favorable to 
physical perfection and longevity has been abundantly 
shown. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVI. 224. 
3. Convenient; advantageous; affording facili- 
ties: as, a/atwa&Zepositionj/afloraMeweather. 
A favourable gale arose from shore, 
Which to the port desir'd the Grecian galleys bore. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xii. 54. 
or that which is especially liked or favored. 
Those neerest to this King, and mosthis Favorites, were 
Courtiers and Prelates. Milton, Eikonoklastes, i. 
Such Charms as your's are only given 
To chosen Favourites of Heaven. 
Prior, To a Young Lady fond of Fortune-Telling. 
2. A person who has gained the special favor 
of or a dominant influence over a superior by 
unworthy meansor for selfish purposes. Favorites 
of this class, both male and female, have played an impor- 
tant part in the history of many despotic monarchies, often 
controlling their destinies with disastrous and even de- 
structive effects. 
The great man down, you mark, his favourite flies. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
A favourite has no friend. 
Gray, Death of a Favourite Cat. 
The partiality of the king [Edward II. of England] for 
his favorites alienated not only his subjects but his queen. 
Amer. Cyc.,\I. 434. 
