*favor*

n. [ Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur. ] [ Written also disfavour. ] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). [ 1913 Webster ]

Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. [ 1913 Webster ]

He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfavored p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring. ] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To injure the form or looks of. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. défavorable. ] Unfavorable. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unpropitiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disfavors. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon.

-- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Favored p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring. ] [ Written also favour. ] [ 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 treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards. [ 1913 Webster ]

O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The painter ] has favored her squint admirably. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father. [ 1913 Webster ]

The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also favour. ] [ OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bhāvaya to further, foster, causative of bhū to become, be. Cf. Be. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. [ 1913 Webster ]

But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. [ 1913 Webster ]

All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,
His chief delight and favor. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Law) Partiality; bias. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. pl. Love locks. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.

Syn. -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also favourable. ] [ F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n. ] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beautiful; well-favored. [ Obs. ] Spenser.

-- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; as, a favored friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [ Obs. ] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity. [ Written also favourer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who favors or gives countenance. [ Written also fovouress. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That favors. -- Fa"vor*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OF. favorit favored, F. favori, fem. favorite, p. p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to favor. See Favor. ] 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Committing to a wicked favorite
All public cares. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [ Obs. ] Farquhar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Sporting) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. “His favorite argument.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. favoritisme. ] The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [ Obs. ] “Fortune favorless.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Coarseness of features. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting beauty or attractiveness; unattractive; deformed; ugly; ill-looking; -- usually used of a face; as, an ill-favored countenance. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.

-- Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. -- Ill`-fa"vored*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Diplomacy), A clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. It is used most frequently in treaties regarding the terms of trade between countries, as regarding tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

There was a “most-favored-nation” clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. A. R. Colquhoun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging. -- Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]