seasoned

Adjective

Synonyms: veteran(a)

WordNet 3.0

aged or processed“seasoned wood”
rendered competent through trial and experience“a seasoned traveler”“veteran steadiness”“a veteran officer”Synonyms: veteran(a)

Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]

1.To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. [1913 Webster]

He is fit and seasoned for his passage.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. [1913 Webster]

3.Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber. [1913 Webster]

4.To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food. [1913 Webster]

5.Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. [1913 Webster]

You season still with sports your serious hours.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

The proper use of wit is to season conversation.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]

6.To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

7.To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

8.To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]