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Adjective favoring has 1 sense
  1. affirmative, favoring - supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"
    Antonym: anti (indirect, via pro)
,Verb favor has 4 senses
  1. prefer, favor, favour - promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
    --1 is one way to promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
    Derived form: noun favor4
    Sample sentences:
    Sam cannot favor Sue
    The chefs favor the vegetables
  2. favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
    --2 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
    Derived forms: noun favor4, noun favor2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. favor, favour - treat gently or carefully
    --3 is one way to spare, save
    Derived form: noun favor1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot favor Sue
  4. privilege, favor, favour - bestow a privilege upon
    --4 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
    Derived form: noun favor4
    Sample sentence:
    They favor him to write the letter
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