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Found 3 hits - Term: savour, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
      presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
      1913 webster

            this savors not much of distraction.  --shak.
      1913 webster

            i have rejected everything that savors of party.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to use the sense of taste. obs.
      1913 webster

            by sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
            and feeling.                          --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
savored savoring savor savour 
[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

            i smell sweet savors and i feel soft things. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic
      property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
      1913 webster

            why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of
            heaven perpetually upon my spirit?    --baxter.
      1913 webster

   3. sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. r.
      "beyond my savor." --herbert.
      1913 webster

   4. pleasure; delight; attractiveness. obs.
      1913 webster

            she shall no savor have therein but lite. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   syn: taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
        1913 webster
see also:
sage sapid insipid sapor savour 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
savour
     n : the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
         the mouth syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
          savor, smack, tang
     v 1: have flavor; taste of something syn: taste, savor
     2: give taste to syn: savor
     3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" syn: savor
     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
see also:
relish flavor flavour sapidity savor smack 
tang taste enjoy bask 

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