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savour of

savour of verb: to have a suggestion or trace of a quality or attribute.

Verb

savour of (third-person singular simple present savours of, present participle savouring of, simple past and past participle savoured of)

  1. (UK, transitive) To have a suggestion or trace of a quality or attribute.
    • In conclusion, it may savour of anticlimax to mention that from May 22 the famous "Sud Express," over the same route, has been covering the 359.7 miles from Paris Austerlitz to Bordeaux in 4 hr. 59 min. daily, at a start-to-stop average of 72.2 m.p.h., and that the northbound train has been taking...1955 June, 'Mercury', “Over 200 Miles Per Hour”, in Railway Magazine, page 380

Forms of savour of

third-person singular presentsavours of
present participlesavouring of
past participlesavoured of
pastsavoured of
alternative formsavor of

Questions about savour of

What does savour of mean?
Savour of means to have a suggestion or trace of a quality or attribute.
What part of speech is savour of?
Savour of is a verb.
What is the past tense of savour of?
The past tense of savour of is savoured of.

Words near savour of in the dictionary

  1. savorsome
  2. savory
  3. Savorys
  4. Savos
  5. savour
  6. savour of
  7. savoured
  8. savourer
  9. savourers
  10. savourest
  11. savoureth

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