the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Favor
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
(3):
(n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
(6):
(n.) The object of regard; person or thing favored.
(7):
(n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
(8):
(n.) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
(9):
(n.) Partiality; bias.
(10):
(n.) A letter or epistle; - so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
(11):
(n.) Love locks.
(12):
(n.) 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.
(13):
(n.) To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Favor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/favor.html. 1828.
