savor

To savor is defined as to appreciate the smell, taste or feeling of something.

(verb)

See savor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. that quality of a thing which acts on the sense of taste or of smell
2. a particular taste or smell
characteristic quality; distinctive property
perceptible trace; tinge
power to excite interest, zest, etc.
Archaic repute

Origin: ME < OFr savour < L sapor, akin to sapere: see sap

intransitive verb

transitive verb

Brit. sp. savour

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See savor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

verb sa·vored, sa·vor·ing, sa·vors

verb, intransitive

To have a particular taste or smell: a dish that savors of curry.
To exhibit a specified quality or characteristic; smack: postures that savored of vanity.

verb, transitive

To impart flavor or scent to; season: savored the bland soup with salt.
To taste or smell, especially with pleasure: savored each morsel of the feast.
To appreciate fully; enjoy or relish: I want to savor this great moment of accomplishment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English savour

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin sapor

Origin: , from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots

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