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seasoning |
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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