favor
71Favor — ladies At a tournament, pas d’armes, round table, or in romantic tales, ladies would bestow some token of their patronage upon a knight to carry into battle. According to the tenets of courtly love, a major influence on the emerging concept of… …
72favor — fa·vor …
73favor — UK [ˈfeɪvə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪvər] favour …
74favor — [ˈfeɪvə] the American spelling of favour …
75Favor — A token given by a lady to a knight to carry into battle. The token would be a strip of cloth worn around the arm, embroidered sleeves or a similar item. It was a sign of love between the lady and knight …
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76favör — s ( en, er) …
77favor — favour f. faveur ; ruban étroit. voir riban …
78By one's favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …
79Challenge for favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …
80Challenge to the favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …