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Webster 1913 Edition


Favored

Fa′vored

(fā′vẽrd)
,
Adj.
1.
Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness;
as, a
favored
friend
.
2.
Having a certain favor or appearance; featured;
as, well-
favored
; hard-
favored
, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Favored

FA'VORED

,
pp.
1.
Countenanced; supported; aided; supplied with advantages; eased; spared.
2.
a. Regarded with kindness; as a favored friend.
3.
With well or ill prefixed, featured.
Well-favored is well-looking, having a good countenance or appearance, fleshy, plump, handsome.
Ill-favored is ill-looking, having an ugly appearance, lean. See Gen. 39. Gen 41. &c.
Well-favoredly, with a good appearance. [Little used.]
Ill-favoredly, with a bad appearance. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


favored

favored

English

Adjective

favored (comparative more favored, superlative most favored)

  1. American standard spelling of favoured.

Verb

favored

  1. simple past tense and past participle of favor