Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Savor \Sa"vor\, n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour,
F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See
{Sage}, a., and cf. {Sapid}, {Insipid}, {Sapor}.] [Written
also {savour}.]
1. That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste
or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the
savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. --Shak.
2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic
property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of
heaven perpetually upon my spirit? --Baxter.
3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.]
``Beyond my savor.'' --Herbert.
4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
She shall no savor have therein but lite. --Chaucer.
Syn: Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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.
2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
This savors not much of distraction. --Shak.
I have rejected everything that savors of party.
--Addison.
3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
and feeling. --Chaucer.
Source : WordNet®
savour
n : the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
{savor}, {smack}, {tang}]
v 1: have flavor; taste of something [syn: {taste}, {savor}]
2: give taste to [syn: {savor}]
3: taste appreciatively; "savor the soup" [syn: {savor}]
4: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take
pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her
glory" [syn: {enjoy}, {bask}, {relish}, {savor}]