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Webster 1913 Edition
Favorable
Fa′vor-a-ble
(fā′vẽr-ȧ-b’l)
, Adj.
[Written also
favourable
.] 1.
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
Lend
favorable
ears to our request. Shakespeare
Lord, thou hast been
favorable
unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
2.
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.
Fa′vora-ble-ness
, Noun.
Fa′vor-a-bly
, adv.
The
favorableness
of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Favorable
FA'VORABLE
,Adj.
1.
Kind; propitious; friendly; affectionate.Lend favorable ear to our request.
Lord, thou hast been favorable to thy land. Ps. 85.
2.
Palliative; tender; averse to censure.None can have the favorable thought that to obey a tyrant's will they fought.
3.
Conducive to; contributing to; tending to promote. A salubrious climate and plenty of food are favorable to population.4.
Convenient; advantageous; affording means to facilitate, or affording facilities. The low price of labor and provisions is favorable to the success of manufactures. The army was drawn up on favorable ground. The ship took a station favorable for attack.The place was favorable for making levies of men.
5.
Beautiful; well favored. obs.