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<blockquote>A place very <b>favorable</b> for the making levies of men. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The temper of the climate, <b>favorable</b> to generation, health, and long life. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Beautiful; well-favored.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fa"vora*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Fa"vor*a*bly</wf>, <tt>sdv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>The <b>faborableness</b> of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fa"vored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; <as>as, a <ex>favored</ex> friend</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; <as>as, well-<ex>favored</ex>; hard-<ex>favored</ex>, etc.</as></def>

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<hw>Fa"vored*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.</i>

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<hw>Fa"vored*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Fa"vor*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>favourer</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>And come to us as <b>favorers</b>, not as foes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fa"vor*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who favors or gives countenance.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fovouress</asp>.]</altsp>

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<hw>Fa"vor*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That favors.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fa"vor*ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Fa"vor*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>favorit</ets> favored, F. <ets>favori</ets>, fem. <ets>favorite</ets>, p.p. of OF. <ets>favorir</ets>, cf. It. <ets>favorito</ets>, frm. <ets>favorita</ets>, fr. <ets>favorire</ets> to favor. See <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Committing to a wicked <b>favorite</b> All public cares. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Farquhar.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.</def>

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