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gustate

verb

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gustātus, perfect passive participle of gustō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from gustātus

Definitions

  1. To taste

    To taste; to have a relish for.

    • Within gardens we have sat, / Gazing on a grassy plat, / With an ecstacy elate; / Gustating thy summer air, / With a joy we cannot share, / Looking on thy summer tree, / Offshoot of far Virgineé.
    • Back from dentist, there lay yr. letter on my dressing table – best possible Restorative. I read it while gustating cautiously […] & gratefully swallowing the broth Mrs. O’C. had specially prepared for me.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA