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relishing

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Relish  \Rel"ish\  (r?l"?sh),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Relished} 
  (-?sht);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Relishing}.]  [Of.  relechier  to  lick 
  or  taste  anew;  pref.  re-  re-+  lechier  to  lick,  F.  l?cher.  See 
  {Lecher},  {Lick}.] 
  1.  To  taste  or  eat  with  pleasure;  to  like  the  flavor  of  to 
  partake  of  with  gratification;  hence  to  enjoy;  to  be 
  pleased  with  or  gratified  by  to  experience  pleasure  from 
  as  to  relish  food. 
 
  Now  I  begin  to  relish  thy  advice.  --Shak. 
 
  He  knows  how  to  prize  his  advantages,  and  to  relish 
  the  honors  which  he  enjoys.  --Atterbury. 
 
  2.  To  give  a  relish  to  to  cause  to  taste  agreeably. 
 
  A  savory  bit  that  served  to  relish  wine.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  relishing 
  n  :  taking  a  small  amount  into  the  mouth  to  test  its  quality 
  [syn:  {tasting},  {savoring}]




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