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Sa"vor (?), n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.] [Written also savour.] 1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
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I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.
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2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
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Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter.
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3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] “Beyond my savor.” Herbert.
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4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
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She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.
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Syn. -- Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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Sa"vor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.] [Written also savour.] 1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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This savors not much of distraction. Shak.
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I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.
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3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
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By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.
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Sa"vor, v. t. 1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.]
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That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.
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3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] Shak.
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