資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Favoring \Fa"vor*ing\, a.
   That favors. -- {Fa"vor*ing*ly}, adv.

Favor \Fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Favored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Favoring}.] [Written also favour.] [Cf. OF. favorer,
   favorir. See {Favor}, n.]
   1. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have
      the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be
      propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration
      or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

            O happy youth! and favored of the skies. --Pope.

            He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.
                                                  --2 Sam. xx.
                                                  11.

            [The painter] has favored her squint admirably.
                                                  --Swift.

   2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a
      weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

   3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of;
      as, the child favors his father.

            The porter owned that the gentleman favored his
            master.                               --Spectator.

資料來源 : WordNet®

favoring
     adj : supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative
           argument" [syn: {affirmative}]