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Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." Spenser.

The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

inciples of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.

to make strange of a request or suggestion. -- To make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. -- To make sure. See under Sure. -- To make up. (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference…

Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.

Unfavorableness; evil nature. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.

surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. [Written also malepractice.]

coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.

by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.

rriages. (b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage. -- Marriage favors, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings. -- Marriage settlement (Law), a settlement of property in view, and in consideration, of marriage.

Favorable to meditation; somber. A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. Evelin.

Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence. Luke x. 37.

simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.

A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] Florio.

A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense. [Obs.] God's disciple and his dearest minion. Sylvester. Is this the Athenian minion whom the world Voiced so regardfully Shak.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.

One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne.

One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.

In the greatest or highest degree. Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates. Milton.