3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seasoned}; p. pr & vb
n. {Seasoning}.]
1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit
He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak.
2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to
accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as to season one
to a climate.
3. Hence to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of
natural juices; as to season timber.
4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or
relish to to spice; as to season food.
5. Hence to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
You season still with sports your serious hours.
--Dryden.
The proper use of wit is to season conversation.
--Tillotson.
6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. ``When
mercy seasons justice.'' --Shak.
7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. ``Who by his tutor being
seasoned with the love of the truth.'' --Fuller.
Season their younger years with prudent and pious
principles. --Jer. Taylor.
8. To copulate with to impregnate. [R.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n.
1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned.
2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a
higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.
3. Hence something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve
dullness; as wit is the seasoning of conversation.
Political speculations are of so dry and austere a
nature, that they will not go down with the public
without frequent seasonings. --Addison.
{Seasoning tub} (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to
rise. --Knight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
seasoning
n 1: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
[syn: {flavorer}, {flavourer}, {flavoring}, {flavouring},
{seasoner}]
2: the act of adding a seasoning to food
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