[syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Savor \Sa"vor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Savoring.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.]
[Written also savour.]
1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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This savors not much of distraction. --Shak.
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I have rejected everything that savors of party.
--Addison.
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3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
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By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
and feeling. --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Savor \Sa"vor\, n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour,
F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See
Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.] [Written
also savour.]
1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste
or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the
savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
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I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. --Shak.
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2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic
property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
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Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of
heaven perpetually upon my spirit? --Baxter.
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3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.]
"Beyond my savor." --Herbert.
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4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
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She shall no savor have therein but lite. --Chaucer.
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Syn: Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
savour
n 1: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
v 1: have flavor; taste of something [syn: taste, savor,
savour]
2: give taste to [syn: savor, savour]
3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" [syn: savor,
savour]
4: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take
pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
[syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]