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Definition of Favourable
favourable Favorable 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.