Tra từ favor - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

fa·vor (fāʹvər)n.
1. A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
do someone a favor.
2.
a. Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
won the favor of the monarch; looked with favor on the plan.
b. A state of being held in such regard:
a style currently in favor.
3. Unfair partiality; favoritism.
4.
a. A privilege or concession.
b. favors Sexual privileges, especially as granted by a woman.
5.
a. Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
b. A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
6. Advantage; benefit:
sailed under favor of cloudless skies.
7. Behalf; interest:
an error in our favor.
8. Obsolete. A communication, especially a letter.
9. Archaic.
a. Aspect or appearance.
b. Countenance; face.
10. Obsolete. A facial feature.v. fa·vored, fa·vor·ing, fa·vorsv. tr.
1. To perform a kindness or service for; oblige. See Synonyms at oblige.
2. To treat or regard with friendship, approval, or support.
3. To be partial to; indulge a liking for:
favors bright colors.
4. To be or tend to be in support of.
5. To make easier or more possible; facilitate:
Darkness favored their escape.
6. To treat with care; be gentle with:
favored my wounded leg.
7. Chiefly Southern U.S. To resemble in appearance:
She favors her father.v. intr. Chiefly Southern U.S.
To resemble another in appearance:
She and her father favor.Idiom:in favor of
1. In support of; approving:
We are in favor of her promotion to president.
2. To the advantage of:
The court decided in favor of the plaintiff.
3. Inscribed or made out to the benefit of:
a check in favor of a charity. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from favēre, to be favorable.] faʹvor·er n.faʹvor·ing·ly adv.
Regional Note: When a Southerner favors a relative, he or she is not giving that person special privileges; rather, the Southerner looks like that relative. Favor can be either transitive—She favors her father—or intransitive with a compound subject: She and her father favor. This sense of favor goes back to early modern English: “This young lord Chamont/Favors my mother” (Ben Jonson). The verb derives from the noun favor, which was used from the 15th to the 19th century to mean “appearance, aspect; the countenance, face”: “What makes thy favor like the bloodless head/Fall'n on the block?” (Tennyson). This sense of the noun is now archaic, but the verb thrives in the English of the Southern United States.