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FAVORS
Proper noun
Favors
plural of Favor
Noun
favors
plural of favor
Verb
favors
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of favor
Source: Wiktionary
FAVOR
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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