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curry favor
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curry favor
(wn) | curry favor
v 1: seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is
currying favor with his superordinates" [syn: {curry
favor}, curry favour, court favor, court favour] |
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To curry favor
(gcide) | Curry \Cur"ry\ (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curried (-r?d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Currying.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF.
cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a
horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei,
conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor- (L.com-) +
roi, rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and
akin to E. ready. See Ready, Greith, and cf. Corody,
Array.]
1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping,
cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of
leather.
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2. To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like)
with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order
to make clean.
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Your short horse is soon curried. --Beau. & FL.
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3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.
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I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely.
--Beau. & FL.
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To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or
attentions. See Favor, n.
[1913 Webster]favor \fa"vor\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF.
favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf.
Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to
become, be. Cf. Be. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is
prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]
1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly
disposition; kindness; good will.
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Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak.
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2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being
countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support;
promotion; befriending.
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But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden.
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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52.
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3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted;
benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good
will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
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Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak.
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4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
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I could not discover the lenity and favor of this
sentence. --Swift.
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5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.
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All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man,
His chief delight and favor. --Milton.
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6. A gift or present; something bestowed as an evidence of
good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something
worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a
bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a
wedding.
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Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy
cap. --Shak.
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7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]
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This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak.
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8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier.
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9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or
compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
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10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright.
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Challenge to the favor or Challenge for favor (Law), the
challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to
constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give
rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as
acquaintance, business relation, etc. See {Principal
challenge}, under Challenge.
In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the
advantage of.
In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by.
To curry favor [see the etymology of Favor, above], to
seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or
officious civilities.
With one's favor, or By one's favor, with leave; by kind
permission.
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But, with your favor, I will treat it here.
--Dryden.
Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity;
grace; gift; present; benefit.
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