Favoure

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To treat someone or something with kindness, preference, or partiality
2. To give special treatment or preference to a person or thing based on liking or partiality
3. To bestow preference, kindness, or advantage upon an individual or object

Etymology: "Favoure" is an older spelling of "favour," with the final silent e that English writers kept for centuries, reflecting the French forms the word came through. The noun arrived from Old French "favor," which came from Latin "favor," meaning goodwill, kindness, or support. That Latin noun comes from "favere," "to be well disposed toward someone." The original idea was of one person leaning kindly toward another, and the verb grew from that noun. To favour someone was first to be kind to them. Showing preference, treating one person better than others, is a later extension that likely grew from the same sense of partiality.

Synonyms: favor, prefer, support, befriend, champion

Antonyms: disfavor, oppose, reject, neglect, dislike