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Relish

verb

(past & past part. relished; pres. part. relishing)

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. Synonyms: bask, enjoy, savor, savour.

noun

Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. Synonyms: gusto, zest, zestfulness.

Spicy or savory condiment.

The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang.

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"Relish" Quotes from Famous Books

... Patriarch Adrian died, the dignity was abolished by Peter who did not relish the idea of a rival power in the State. Instead he created the Holy Synod together with the office of Superintendent of the Patriarchal Throne. He gives his reasons in the ukase wherein the change is announced. "The simple people," this ...

— The Story of Russia • R. Van Bergen

... of our escort did not much relish the discipline I enforced. A complaint was made to me in the course of the day by a peasant, that these warriors had most unceremoniously broken down hedges, and entering his apricot orchard, had commenced appropriating ...

— A Peep into Toorkisthhan • Rollo Burslem

... these coureurs des bois became so accustomed to the Indian mode of living, and the perfect freedom of the wilderness, that they lost relish for civilization, and identified themselves with the savages among whom they dwelt, or could only be distinguished from them by superior licentiousness. Their conduct and example gradually corrupted the natives, and impeded the works of the Catholic missionaries, who were at this ...

— Astoria - Or, Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains • Washington Irving

... other answer. John Fries, he would tell them, had learned that some years ago. "How, then," they would ask, "do you propose to defend us? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us?" "Look at my floating banner," he would reply; "see ...

— American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1896) • Various

... seconded Mrs. Arnot's efforts to the utmost without any unpleasant results, even if no good ones had followed; and it may well be doubted whether any of the latter would have ensued. Haldane's disease was too deeply rooted, and his tastes vitiated to such a degree that he had lost the power to relish long the simple enjoyments of Mrs. Arnot's parlor. He already craved the pleasures which first kindle and ...

— A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century • E. P. Roe

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