v. t.
That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ]
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]
She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
This savors not much of distraction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a savory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being savory. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Savory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a savory manner. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. Saporous, and see Savor, n. ] Having a savor; savory. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Savor. ] Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
The chewing flocks
Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]