Fa"vor*a*ble (?), a. [Written also
favourable.]
[F. favorable, L.
favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr.
favor. See Favor, n.]
1. 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. 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.
3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.]
Spenser.
-- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. --
Fa"vor*a*bly,
sdv.
The
faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of
liberty.
Burke.
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