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degust

verb

Etymology

From French déguster. Doublet of degustate.

  1. derived from déguster

Definitions

  1. To taste carefully to fully appreciate something

    To taste carefully to fully appreciate something; to savour

    • The bread was passing stale the cheese a trifle hard the beer somewhat flat but the pair had never degusted a meal with more relish.
    • I began to tell him all the tale of the demons, at which relation, first of all, he cried "Pshaw!"... But after he had degusted the matter a little he bade me repeat it all again from the beginning...

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