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Savor \Sa"vor\, v. t.
1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive;
to note. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence
of. [R.]
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That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. --Milton.
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3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish;
to like; to favor. [R.] --Shak.
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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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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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