Definition of "favouring" []

• Present participle of favour. (verb)

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• "I am going to read an amendment to the Act. You remember that I told you that the writ of mandamus and the other writ of certiorari were abolished as regards the Liquor Act in favouring the Liquor Commission."
• "Unemotional: Tim Cook is described as favouring a tough stare through his wire-rimmed glasses instead of a rant"
• "'You are very good, madam,' replied Matilda, 'in favouring me with your approbation; I shall think myself particularly fortunate if you will condescend to instruct me, for it is with shame I confess, more attention has been paid to external accomplishments than to the cultivation of my mind, or any information respecting those principles of virtue a young woman ought early to be acquainted with.'"