savored

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savored - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Savor \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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