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by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish

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by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine. John ii. 9. When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse. Gibbon. 3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. I tasted a little of this honey. 1 Sam. xiv. 29. 4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. He . . . should taste death for every man. Heb. ii. 9. 5. To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary. Milton.

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  • SAVORINESS
    The quality of being savory.
  • RELISHABLE
    Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
  • GRACE
    The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor. And if by grace, then is it no more of
  • GRACEFUL
    Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.
  • LIKEROUS; LIKEROUSNESS
    See CHAUCER
  • SAVOROUS
    Having a savor; savory. Rom. of R.
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • LIKABLE
    Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.
  • GRACELESS
    1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a graceless age." Milton. 2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. Chaucer. -- Grace"less*ly, adv. -- Grace"less-ness, n.
  • FLAVORED
    Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
  • REJECTER
    One who rejects.
  • LIKIN
    A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. "Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is, in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any
  • PARTIALITY
    1. The quality or state of being partial; inclination to favor one party, or one side of a question, more than the other; undue bias of mind. 2. A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking;
  • FLAVORLESS
    Without flavor; tasteless.
  • REJECT
    re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
  • SMACK
    A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
  • REFINEMENT
    1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas. The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they. Norris. From the civil war to this time, I doubt
  • TASTE
    by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
  • REJECTANEOUS
    Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.
  • REJECTION
    Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
  • DISAPPROVAL
    Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
  • PRIESTLIKE
    Priestly. B. Jonson.
  • MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
    Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • WELL-LIKING
    Being in good condition. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer .
  • DEATHLIKE
    1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
  • CHURCHLIKE
    Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
  • SOLDIERLIKE
    Like a soldier; soldierly.
  • BEASTLIKE
    Like a beast.
  • COWLIKE
    Resembling a cow. With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.
  • ASYMMETRY
    Incommensurability. Barrow. (more info) 1. Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
  • QUAKERLIKE
    Like a Quaker.
  • MAPLIKE
    Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
  • DISLIKE
    1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
  • LIFELIKE
    Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness, n. Poe.

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