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favorize

favorize verb: to favor especially or unduly.

Verb

favorize (third-person singular simple present favorizes, present participle favorizing, simple past and past participle favorized)

  1. To favor especially or unduly.

Forms of favorize

third-person singular presentfavorizes
present participlefavorizing
past participlefavorized
pastfavorized
alternative formfavorise
alternative formfavourise
alternative formfavourize

Origin of favorize

From Medieval Latin favorizare.

Questions about favorize

What does favorize mean?
Favorize means to favor especially or unduly.
What part of speech is favorize?
Favorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of favorize?
The past tense of favorize is favorized.

Words near favorize in the dictionary

  1. favoritisms
  2. favoritize
  3. favoritized
  4. favoritizes
  5. favoritizing
  6. favorize
  7. favorized
  8. favorizes
  9. favorizing
  10. favorless
  11. favorous

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