благоволить

Russian

verb
Definitions
  • (literary) to favour someone
  • (dated) to do someone a favour by agreeing to do something (used with an infinitive)

Etymology

Borrowed from Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian благоволити affix from Russian бла́го (good) + Russian во́ля (will).

Origin

Russian

во́ля

Gloss

will

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