- Favour - Have greater liking for - Like better - Select over another - To favour - To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one;
hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to
offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a
request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. - To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank;
to surpass.
- Of that kind - Of the kind described - So characterised - Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar;
as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the
word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of
comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or,
not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw
yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them
better. - Having the particular quality or character specified. - The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the
kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. - Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized
in terms which are not mentioned.
- compared to - In comparison to - A particle expressing comparison, used after certain
adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more,
better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the
object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object
compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered
by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed
in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer
than that you should want. - Then. See Then.