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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [ R. ] “Beyond my savor.” Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

This savors not much of distraction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To use the sense of taste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a savory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being savory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a savory manner. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Savory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. Saporous, and see Savor, n. ] Having a savor; savory. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Savor. ] Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. [ Written also savoury. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The chewing flocks
Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. savorée; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia, ] (Bot.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory. [ Written also savoury. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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