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38 words match “FAVORED”

FAVORED a. 2 definitions

Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.

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

Appearance. [Obs.]

EVIL-FAVORED a.

Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. -- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.

HARD-FAVORED a.

Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored. Dryden.

HARD-FAVOREDNESS n.

Coarseness of features.

HARDFAVOREDNESS n.

Coarseness of features.

Wanting beauty or attractiveness; deformed; ugly; ill-looking. Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3. -- Ill`-fa"vored*ly, adv. -- Ill`-fa"vored*ness, n.

WELL-FAVORED a.

Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye. Rachel was beautiful and well-favored. Gen. xxix. 17.

Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored. All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i. 48. Towards England's blessed shore. Shak.

A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.

o regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.

Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

FAVOR n. 5 definitions

The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. Milton.

Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.

Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.

of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

n or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.

Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.

One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses. Brande & C.