01 a. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
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Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.“Lend favorable ears to our request.” — Shak.“Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land.” — Ps. lxxxv. 1.
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Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.“A place very favorable for the making levies of men.” — Clarendon.“The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life.” — Sir W. Temple.
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Beautiful; well-favored.[Obs.]“The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.” — Burke.