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Webster's English Dictionary

favor

n. [Written also favour.]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 present; 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. ()

This boy is fair, of female favor. (Shak.)

8. (Law) Partiality; bias. (Bouvier.)

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

10. Love locks. (Wright.)

Challenge to the favor or Challenge 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.)

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v. t. [Written also favour.]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 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.)