FAVOR

favor, favour

(noun) an act of gracious kindness

favor, favour

(noun) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; “the outcome was in his favor”

favor, favour

(noun) an inclination to approve; “that style is in favor this season”

favor, favour

(noun) a feeling of favorable regard

favor, favour

(verb) consider as the favorite; “The local team was favored”

prefer, favor, favour

(verb) promote over another; “he favors his second daughter”

privilege, favor, favour

(verb) bestow a privilege upon

favor, favour

(verb) treat gently or carefully

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Favor (plural Favors)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Favor is the 21895^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1186 individuals. Favor is most common among White (52.11%) and Black/African American (32.38%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

favor (countable and uncountable, plural favors) (American spelling, alternative in Canada)

A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

Goodwill; benevolent regard.

A small gift; a party favor.

Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

The object of regard; person or thing favoured.

(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.

(legal) Partiality; bias.

(archaic) A letter, a written communication.

(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.

(obsolete, in the plural) Lovelocks.

Usage notes

• Favor is the standard US spelling, and an alternative in Canada. Favour is the standard spelling in Canada and outside North America.

• English speakers usually "do someone a favor" (rather than *"make them a favor", which would be sense 3 only). See Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of favor collocated with these words.

Antonyms

• disfavor

• discriminate

• discrimination

• harm

• sabotage

Synonyms

• aid

• help

• lend a hand

• token

Verb

favor (third-person singular simple present favors, present participle favoring, simple past and past participle favored) (US, alternative in Canada, transitive)

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

To encourage, conduce to

To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.

To treat with care.

(in dialects, including, Southern US and Cajun) To resemble, to look like (another person).

Antonyms

• disfavor

• discriminate

Source: Wiktionary

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Fa"vor, n. Etym: [Written also favour.] Etym: [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhavaya to further, foster, causative of bhBe. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]

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 fabor 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. (Law)

Definition: Partiality; bias. Bouvier.

9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

10. pl.

Definition: 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 Etym: [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.

Fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Favored; p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring.] Etym: [Written also favour.] Etym: [Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See Favor, n.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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