n. [ Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur. ]
The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). [ 1913 Webster ]
Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. défavorable. ] Unfavorable. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Unpropitiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disfavors. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]