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Savoring   /sˈeɪvərɪŋ/   Listen
Savoring

noun
1.
Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.  Synonyms: degustation, relishing, savouring, tasting.



Savor

verb
(past & past part. savored; pres. part. savoring)  (Written also savour)
1.
Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.  Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savour.
2.
Have flavor; taste of something.  Synonyms: savour, taste.
3.
Taste appreciatively.  Synonym: savour.
4.
Give taste to.  Synonym: savour.






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"Savoring" Quotes from Famous Books



... notes—well he knew them— knew that they were from republican Geneva, and that kingly pretensions had short shrift with them. James told the conference that these notes were "very partial, untrue, seditious, savoring too much of traitorous and dangerous conceits," supporting his opinion by two instances which seemed disrespectful to royalty. One of these instances was the note on Exodus 1:17, where the Egyptian midwives are said to have disobeyed the king in the matter ...
— The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of • Cleland Boyd McAfee

... have been a good material for the walks. Perhaps, order being the great end, anything savoring of confusion was ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876. • Various

... explorations in the literature of American cities, the richest and raciest is a book called St. Louis: The Future Great City of the World, by L.U. Reavis. The very title-page gives an inkling of the nature of the contents by its motto, savoring somewhat of cant: "Henceforth St. Louis must be viewed in the light of the future—her mightiness in the empire of the world—her sway in the rule of states and nations." This book, strangely enough, was "published by order of the St Louis County ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884 - A Massachusetts Magazine • Various



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