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Favour (Verb)

Bestow a privilege upon.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The queen would favour guests she found particularly charming with a private audience.
His charitable efforts have been favouring underprivileged children with quality education.
The committee will favour applications from companies with environmentally friendly policies.
The university's special talent program will favour students who excel in a specific field.
The monarch decided to favour his daughter with the prestigious title of Princess Royal.

Consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored".

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

The upcoming presidential election saw the previous year's winner favour as the front-runner for the position again.
The tournament favourite is still undecided as several top tennis players are competing for the top spot.
At the casino she favour roulette over other games of chance available.
Her charming personality made her the favourite of the evening and of the host himself.
Cristiano Ronaldo was heavily favour to win the highly-anticipated award again.

Promote over another; "he favors his second daughter".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

She favors her eldest child with more toys and attention than the others.
The manager favors his new employee for the promotion over more experienced staff.
He favors his son in all matters even though he is not the most deserving child.
The teacher favors the diligent student by awarding her extra privileges in class.
The politician favors the wealthy donor's project over other community needs.