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Favour, v. Also: favoure, -or(e; fawowr, fawor. [ME. favoure, favore (c 1350), OF. favorer, med. L. favorare.]
1. tr. To regard or treat with good will or partiality; to be well disposed to. c1420 Wynt. viii. 4063.
Heyly he fawowryd the part, That langyd Schyr Alysawndyr Mowbray 1456 Hay I. 161/22.
Gif the peple subject to the king favouris him … aganis the king of Fraunce c1460 Thewis Wysmen 338.
Thai fauor nan that will thaim tech a1500 Rauf C. 903.
Now haue I ferlie, gif I fauour thé ocht c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 221.
Now acquentance embrasit me ane quhyle And fauorit me 1535 Stewart 23795.
Tha fauour thame ay hes the victory 1570 Sat. P. xii. 88.
Quhy suld ȝe feir or fauour thame for fleiching? 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 4.
Iames the fourt … favorit all cunnyng and religious men 1596 Dalr. II. 273/7.
Quha fauorit Lenox agane steires him vp to the weiris
b. To allow by favour. 1567 Sat. P. iii. 26.
He sulde haue bene lyke Deiphoebus, Had feinȝit Fortoun fauourit him to ring
2. To be inclined or ready to support, promote, or accept (something). c1420 Wynt. v. 4611.
He favoryd all tyme Crystyn fay Ib. vii. 921.
The Kyng, and his sowne … than favoryd that tretté 1456 Hay I. 162/1.
Bot and the peple of Ingland favoure nocht the weris agayn France Ib. 190/25.
Sa is the haly sacrament of mariage favourite be the lawe c1460 Consail Wys Man 189.
Fauore na dyse na drunkynnes 1490 Irland I. 112/9.
Thi faderheid … suld … fauour me and my caus 1513 Doug. vi. Prol. 155.
I favour nocht the errour of Maniche 1560 Rolland Seven S. 9428.
Fortoun will fauour ȝour querrell and actioun 1567 G. Ball. i.
Ȝour awin selfis … quhilkis haue lufe to God & fauouris his word
b. To show a preference for (something). 1596 Dalr. I. 97/10.
Albeit sum thing be … that nocht ane of thame fauouris, and that sum of thame fauouris
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