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FAVO'NIUS, f \_faveo , Lat. to favour.] The weft 
wind, fuppofed to be the mod favourable to the fruits of 
the earth. 
FA'VOR, and its derivatives. See Favour. 
FAVORI'NUS, a celebrated Platonic philofopher, 
though an eunuch, flourifhed under the emperors Tra¬ 
jan and Adrian, was born at Arles in Gaul. He emu¬ 
lated the labours of Plutarch of Chieronea, in numerous 
books which he wroteon philofophical and hiftorical fub- 
jedls, none of which, however, are now extant. He is 
Paid to have exprefled his wonder at three things : that 
being a Gaul, he could fpeak Greek fo well; that being 
an eunuch, he fliould have been accufed of adultery; and 
that being a fubjedt of envy and jealoufy to the emperor 
Adrian, he fhould be permitted to live. 
FAVORPNUS (Varinus), a learned Italian divine and 
lexicographer, born at the caftle of Favera, near Came- 
rino, a ducal town of Umbria. His family name was 
Guarino, which he latinifed into Varinus, and took his fur- 
name, by which he is chiefly known, from the place of 
bis birth. He ftudied under Angelo Politian, and John 
Tafcaris, at Florence, and was patronifed by Lorenzo the 
Magnificent. Having determined to embrace the eccle- 
iiaftical life, he became a Benedibtine monk of the Sylvef- 
trine congregation ; and was appointed preceptor to John 
de Medici, w ho was afterwards pope Leo X. In 1512 he 
was appointed keeper of the Medicean library at Florence; 
and in 1514 his former pupil, who had now afcended the 
papal throne, nominated him bifliop of Nocera. In that 
capacity he afiifted at the Lateran council in 1516 ; and 
was greatly refpeCted and efteemed by the people of his 
diocefe until his death, which happened in 1537, at a 
very advanced age. In 1523 he publifiied, at Rome, a 
very copious Greek lexicon, entitled Magnum DiBionarimn, 
Jcu Thcfaurus Lingua Grceca , &c. folio, dedicated to Julio 
de Medici, who was then a cardinal, and afterwards pope 
under the name of Clement VII. It has gone through 
various editions, of which the moll correct and beautiful 
is that printed by Anthony Bartoli, at Venice, 1712, folio. 
Favorinus alfo fuftained a leading part in forming the 
judicious collection of grammatical precepts by ancient 
Greek authors, which was publifhed by Aldus Manutius, 
in 1496, folio, under the title of Cornu Copice £3 Horti Ado- 
nidis, See. and he publifiied a Latin tranflation of the 
apophthegms, collected by Stobmus from various authors, 
to which is prefixed a dedication to pope Leo X. 
To FA'VOUR, v. a. [_faveo , Lat.] To fupport; to 
regard with kindnefs; to be propitious to; to counte¬ 
nance.—Men favour wonders. Bacon. 
O happy youth! and favour'd of the (kies, 
Diftinguifli’d care of guardian deities. Pope. 
To.afiift with advantages or convenience.—No one place 
about it is w'eaker than another, to favour an enemy in his 
approaches. Addifon. —To refemble in feature.—The por¬ 
ter owned that the gentleman favoured his matter. SpcSlator. 
—To conduce to; to contribute. 
FA'VOUR,/. favor, Lat. favour, Fr.] Countenance; 
kindnefs ; kind regard ; propitious afpeCt; with (/before 
the favourer.—The child Samuel was in favour, both with 
the Lord and alfo with men. 1 Sam. ii. 26.—They got not 
the land by their own fword ; but thy right hand and thine 
arm, and the light of thy countenance, becaufe thou haft 
a favour unto them. Pf. xliv. 3. 
His dreadful navy, and his lovely mind, 
Gave him the fear and favour of mankind. Waller. 
Support; defence; vindication; inclination to favour: 
with o/ before the thing favoured.—The pleafures which 
thefe Scriptures aferibe to religion, are of a kind very 
different from thofe in favour of which they are here al¬ 
leged. Rogers. —Kindnefs granted; benevolence fhewn.— 
The race is not to the fvvift, nor yet favour to men of (kill. 
F.cclf. ix. 11. 
O, my royal mailer ! 
The gods, in favour to you, made her cruel. Philips, 
F A V 
Lenity ; mildnefs; mitigation of punifhment.— I could 
not difeover the lenity and favour of this fentence ; but 
conceived it rather to be rigorous than gentle. Swift.— 
Leave ; good will ; pardon : 
Come down, faid Reynard, let us treat of peace : 
A peace, with all my foul, faid Chanticleer; 
But, with your favour , I will treat it here. Dryden. 
Objedt of favour ; perfon or thing favoured : 
All thefe his won’drous works, but chiefly man, 
His chief delight and favour-, him, for whom 
All thefe his works fo wond’rous he ordain’d. Milton. 
Something given by a lady to be worn.—A blue ribband 
tied round the fword-arm, I conceive to be the remains 
of that cuftom of wearing a miftrefs’s favour on fuch occa- 
fions of old. SpeBator. —Any thing worn as a token.— 
Here, Fluellen, wear thou this favour for me, and dick it 
in thy cap. Shakefpeare. —Feature ; countenance. Npt now 
ufed. —A youth of fine favour and lhape. Bacon. 
Young though thou art, thine eye 
Hath (laid upon fome favour that it loves. Shakefpeare. 
FA'VOURABLE, adj. favorable, Fr. favorabilis, Lat.] 
Kind; propitious; affeblionate : 
Famous Plantagenet! mod gracious prince. 
Lend favourable ear to our requefts. Shakefpeare. 
Palliative; tender; averl'e from cenfure : 
None can have the favourable thought, 
That to obey a tyrant’s will they fought. Dryden. 
Conducive to; contributing to ; propitious.—People are 
multiplied in a country by the temper of the climate, 
favourable to generation, health, and long life. Temple. — 
Accommodate ; convenient.—Many good officers were 
willing to ftay there, as a place very favourable for the 
making levies of men. Clarendon. —Beautiful; well fa¬ 
voured ; well featured. Obfolete: 
Of all the race of filver-winged flies 
Which do poflefs the empire of the air, 
Was none more favourable nor more fair, 
Than Clarion the eldeft fon and heir. Spenfer. 
FA'VOURABLE'LAKE, in North America, fituated 
in lat. 52.4S. N. Ion. 93. 10. W. and is the fource of two 
large rivers; at the mouth of one of which, emptying in¬ 
to Winnipeg-lake, Hands the Canadian-houfe. The other 
is the fouth-weft branch of Severn river. 
FA'VOURABLENESS,/. Kindnefs ; benignity. Little 
ufed. The more common fenfe is conduciveneis.—I mean 
the confideration of the favourablcncfs of the prefent times 
to the caufe of liberty. Burke, from Price's Sermon. 
FA'VOUR ABLY, adv. Kindly; with favour; with 
tendernefs ; with kind regard.—We are naturally inclined 
to think favourably of thofe we love. Rogers. 
FA'VOURED, part. adj. Regarded with kindnefs: 
Oft with fome favour'd traveller they ftray, 
And (hine before him all the defer1 way. Pope. 
Featured. Always conjoined with well or ill. —The ill- 
favoured and lean-flelh’d kine did eat up the feven well- 
favoured and fat kine. Genefs. 
FA'VOUREDLY, adv. Always joined with well or ill: 
in a fair or foul way ; with good or bad appearance. 
FA'VOURER, f._ One who favours ; one who regards 
with kindnefs or tendernefs; a well-wifher ; a friend.—All 
the favourers of magic were the mod profeft and bitter ene¬ 
mies to the Chriftian religion. Addifon. 
Do I not know you for a favourer 
Of this new feft ? Shakefpeare. 
FAVORI'TA, a place near the city of Mantua, taken 
by the French republican army in May, 1796 : in the lat¬ 
ter end of the year, a battle was fought here between the 
Auftrians and the French, in which the latter were victo¬ 
rious, general Provera and 6000 men furrendered prifoners 
