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Afterbirth(health)
afterbirth(dictionary)
favour(1)(dictionary)
favour(2)(dictionary)
afterbirth(dictionary)
favour 1, noun(dictionary)
favour 2, verb(dictionary)

favour(2) (iou) and afterbirth (oh)


favour(2) (iou)



favour verb. Also *favor. LME.
[Old French favorer from medieval Latin favorare, from Latin favor: see FAVOUR noun.]
verb trans. Regard with favour; have a liking or preference for; approve. LME.
E. Stillingfleet Josephus seems to favour the division of the City into three parts.
verb trans. Show favour to, treat kindly; countenance, encourage. LME.
S. Butler A strong bias within..to favour the deceit. Q. Bell To be, if not spoiled, outrageously favoured.
b. Indulge or oblige (a person) with. LME.
Lytton Fielding twice favoured me with visits.
verb intrans. Show favour (un)to. LME-M16.
verb trans. Treat with partiality; side with, take the part of. LME.
Oxford English Dictionary The examiner was accused of having favoured his own pupils.
verb trans. Aid, support; show oneself propitious to. LME.
Burke If Providence should..favour the allied arms. absol.: Browning Had but fortune favored.
b. Of a circumstance, fact, etc.: lend confirmation or support to (esp. a belief, doctrine, etc.); point in the direction of. M16.
C. C. Abbott Every indication favored rain.
verb trans. Deal gently with; avoid putting too much strain on (a limb etc.); ease, save, spare. colloq. E16.
Dickens This habit..favours my infirmity.
verb trans. Resemble in face or features; occas., have a look of. colloq. E17.
E. Welty Becky's the one she takes after...You don't favor him.
verb trans. Of circumstances, weather, etc.: prove advantageous to (a person); be the means of promoting (an operation or process); facilitate. M17.
W. Thomson The darkness of the night favoured the enterprise.
favourer noun LME.

afterbirth (oh)



the substance that comes out of female humans or animals just after they have had a baby
-synonym placenta placenta