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FAVORED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preferred above all others and treated with partiality
Example:
the favored child
Synonyms:
best-loved; favored; favorite; favourite; pet; preferent; preferred
Classified under:
Similar:
loved (held dear)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb favor
Context examples:
You won’t see Jupiter in Sagittarius again until October 2030, for Jupiter is leaving your sign next month after having favored you for 13 months.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When Thornton’s partners, Hans and Pete, arrived on the long-expected raft, Buck refused to notice them till he learned they were close to Thornton; after that he tolerated them in a passive sort of way, accepting favors from them as though he favored them by accepting.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Thanks to the school of scientific philosophers he favored, he knew the biological significance of love; but by a refined process of the same scientific reasoning he reached the conclusion that the human organism achieved its highest purpose in love, that love must not be questioned, but must be accepted as the highest guerdon of life.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
All academic and legal matters will be strongly favored for you at this time.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
More readers write to ask about conception than any other question—and from December 20 to January 2, you will be outstandingly favored.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Travel will also be favored.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Entrepreneurial ventures are especially favored.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
