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/tˈeɪstəd/ /tˈeɪstɪd/ Listen

verb

Taste v. t. (past & past part. tasted; pres. part. tasting)

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. (Obs.) "Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find."

To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. "When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine." "When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse."

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. "I tasted a little of this honey."

To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. "He... should taste death for every man."

To partake of; to participate in; usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. "Thou... wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary."

Taste v. i.

To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic. "Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason Shall to the king taste of this action."

To take sparingly. "For age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours."

To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty. "The valiant never taste of death but once."

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Etymology of 'Tasted'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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