favoritize

verb3

1. •
   To make a favorite of; to give preference to.

   • Go to the channel you want to "favoritize," and then click the Add button. — 1999
2. •
   To play favorites.

   • Regional opposition to this pattern of "favoritizing," as well as protest over the freezing of wages and prices and other emergency economic measures, precipitated a full-scale crisis in Zambia. — 1969
3. •
   (nonstandard, rare) To favor; to encourage.

   • Greenspan likewise emphasizes the active mobilization of emotional states which favoritize tiny new steps of learning and of social exchange ( Greenspan and Weider, 1998;cf. Shanker, 2003). — 2005