tasteth

Verb

taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)

1. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
   • when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 2:9

   Synonyms:

   smack

2. (copulative, intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
   • The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.

   Synonyms:

   hint

3. (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
   • I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To experience.
   • I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
5. To take sparingly.
   • Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Drydenhttps://books.google.es/books?id=0fo_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147&dq=%22Age+but+tastes+of+pleasures,+youth+devours%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihhoWhjrzqAhV9URUIHYdFCJw4ChDo...
6. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
   • I tasted a little of this honey.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 14:29

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