Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Favorable

Favorable (fā"vẽr*ȧ*b'l) , adjective

[French favorable, Latin favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, from favor. See Favor, n.]

1.
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
Lend favorable ears to our request. — Shakespeare
Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm lxxxv. 1
2.
Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.
A place very favorable for the making levies of men. — Clarendon
The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. — Sir W. Temple
3.
Beautiful; well-favored. [Obsolete] — Spenser
The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. — Burke