favor
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Definitions & Usage
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
A small gift; a party favor.
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
(archaic, chiefly Northern England) A resemblance, likeness.
(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
(historical) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
(in dialects, including Southern US and Cajun) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.[…]She looked around expectantly, and recognizing Mrs. Cooke's maid[…]Miss Thorn greeted her with a smile which greatly prepossessed us in her favor.”
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
“Samara: She confuses her victims, twists their feelings. They will do anything for her favor.”
— 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
“Here, Fluellen; wear thou this favour for me and stick it in thy cap: when Alencon and myself were down together, I plucked this glove from his helm […]”
— 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]: