FAVORABLE
FA'VORABLE, adjective [Latin favorabilis.]1. Kind; propitious; friendly; affectionate.Lend favorable ear to our request.Lord, thou hast been favorable to thy land. Psalms 85:1.2...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FAVORABLENESS
FA'VORABLENESS, noun1. Kindness; kind disposition or regard.2. Convenience; suitableness; that state which affords advantages for success; conduciveness; as the favorableness of...
FAVORABLY
FA'VORABLY, adverb Kindly; with friendly dispositions; with regard or affection; with an inclination to favor; as, to judge or think favorably of a measure; to think favorably o...
FAVORED
FA'VORED, participle passive1. Countenanced; supported; aided; supplied with advantages; eased; spared.2.adjective Regarded with kindness; as a favored friend.3. With well or il...
FAVOREDNESS
FA'VOREDNESS, noun Appearance.
FAVORER
FA'VORER, noun One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a wellwisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.
FAVORING
FA'VORING, participle present tense Regarding with friendly dispositions; countenancing; wishing well to; contributing to success; facilitating.
FAVORITE
FA'VORITE, nounA person or thing regarded with peculiar favor, preference and affection; one greatly beloved. Select favorites from among the discrete and the virtuous. Princes ...
FAVORITISM
FA'VORITISM, noun1. The act or practice of favoring, or giving a preference to one over another.2. The disposition to favor, aid and promote the interest of a favorite, or of on...
FAVORLESS
FA'VORLESS, adjective1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no patronage or countenance.2. Not favoring; unpropitious.
FAVOSITE
FAV'OSITE, noun [Latin favus, a honey-comb.] A genus of fossil zoophytes.
FAWN
FAWN, noun A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.FAWN, verb intransitive To bring forth a fawnFAWN, verb intransitive [See Fain.]1. To court favor, or show attachment to...
FAWNER
FAWN'ER, noun One who fawns; one who cringes and flatters meanly.
FAWNING
FAWN'ING, participle present tense Courting servilely; flattering by cringing and meanness; bringing forth a fawn.FAWN'ING, noun Gross flattery.
FAWNINGLY
FAWN'INGLY, adverb In a cringing servile way; with mean flattery.
FAXED
FAX'ED, adjective Hairy. [Not in use.]
FAY
FAY, noun A fairy; an elf.FAY, verb intransitive [See Fadge.]To fit; to suit; to unite closely with. [This is a contraction of the Teutonic word, and the same as fadge, which se...
FEAGUE
FEAGUE, verb transitive feeg. To beat or whip. [Not in use.]
FEAL
FE'AL, adjective Faithful. [Infra.]
FEALTY
FE'ALTY, noun [Latin fidelis.]Fidelity to a lord; faithful adherence of a tenant or vassal to the superior of whom he holds his lands; loyalty. Under the feudal system of tenure...
FEAR
FEAR, noun [See the Verb.]1. A painful emotion or passion excited by an expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger. fear expresses less apprehension than dread...
FEARED
FE'ARED, participle passive Apprehended or expected with painful solicitude; reverenced.
FEARFUL
FE'ARFUL, adjective1. Affected by fear; feeling pain in expectation of evil; apprehensive with solicitude; afraid. I am fearful of the consequences of rash conduct. Hence,2. Tim...
FEARFULLY
FE'ARFULLY, adverb1. Timorously; in fear.In such a night did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew.2. Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress terror.There is a cliff, whose hig...
FEARFULNESS
FE'ARFULNESS, noun1. Timorousness; timidity.2. State of being afraid; awe; dread.A thing that makes a government despised, is fearfulness of, and mean compliances with, bold pop...
FEARLESS
FE'ARLESS, adjective1. Free from fear; as fearless of death; fearless of consequences.2. Bold; courageous; intrepid; undaunted; as a fearless hero; a fearless foe.
FEARLESSLY
FE'ARLESSLY, adverb Without fear; in a bold or courageous manner; intrepidly. Brave men fearlessly expose themselves to the most formidable dangers.