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单词 over-favour
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over-favourover-favorv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfeɪvə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfeɪvər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, favour v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + favour v. Compare earlier overfavourable adj.
transitive. To favour or like (a thing or person) excessively.
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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 315 King Henrie the third, over-favouring forrainers granted the Honor de Aquila..to Petre Earle of Savoy.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 10 She..did not over-favour her exile in the western counties.
1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 655/2 Great, the critics will say, for the non-representational art which they claim has been over-favoured here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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