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savoring

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sa·vor  (svr)
n.
1. The taste or smell of something.
2. A specific taste or smell. See Synonyms at taste.
3. A distinctive quality or sensation: enjoying the savor of victory.
v. sa·vored, sa·vor·ing, sa·vors
v.intr.
1. To have a particular taste or smell: a dish that savors of curry.
2. To exhibit a specified quality or characteristic; smack: postures that savored of vanity.
v.tr.
1. To impart flavor or scent to; season: savored the bland soup with salt.
2. To taste or smell, especially with pleasure: savored each morsel of the feast.
3. To appreciate fully; enjoy or relish: I want to savor this great moment of accomplishment.

[Middle English savour, from Old French, from Latin sapor, from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]

savor·er n.
savor·ous adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.savoringsavoring - taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"
eating, feeding - the act of consuming food


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It has been insinuated that they were prompted to these outrages by the British merchants, who wished to keep off all rivals in the Indian trade; but others allege another motive, and one savoring of a deeper policy.
A thick smoke rose, diffusing a potent odor savoring marvelously of brimstone and asafetida, which, however grateful it might be to the olfactory nerves of spirits, nearly strangled poor Wolfert, and produced a fit of coughing and wheezing that made the whole grove resound.
 
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