seasoned
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Adjective (2)
- aged or processed“seasoned wood”Opposite unseasonedSimilar cured
- rendered competent through trial and experience“a seasoned traveler”“veteran steadiness”“a veteran officer”Synonyms: veteranOpposite inexperiencedSimilar experienced, experient
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“seasoned” is listed under Season.
1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
He is fit and seasoned for his passage.— William Shakespeare
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.
3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.
You season still with sports your serious hours.— John Dryden
The proper use of wit is to season conversation.— John Tilllotson
6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. “When mercy seasons justice.” William Shakespeare
7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. “Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth.” Thomas Fuller
Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles.— Taylor, Jeremy
8. To copulate with; to impregnate. rare Philemon Holland
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54