Taste

tast, v. To try by the touch of the tongue to perceive the relish or flavor of by taking a small quantity into the mouth; to eat a small quantity of; to become acquainted with by actual trial to experience, undergo; to partake of, participate in,— usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.—?;, To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little; to excite a particular sensation, by which the quality or flavor distinguished to have a particular quality or character; to have perception, experience, or enjoyment to partake, —n. Act of tasting a particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue the sense hy which the savor of bodies ascertained, having principal seat in the tongue intellectual relish nice perception, or the power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; critical judgment; discernment; manner, with respect to what is pleasing style a small portion given as a specimen; a bit; a kind of narrow ribbon. [F. taster, tastare, to taste, handle, feel, touch. tasta, a taste, proof, trial, touch, tent for a wound, LL. taxta, a tent or probe for wounds, fr. L. taxare, to feel, handle, tangere, to touch tack, tact, tangent.] — Tast'- able, a. Capable or worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.— Taste'ful, -ful, a. Having a high relish; savory having, or exhibiting, good taste tasty.—