Taste
TASTE, verb transitive
1. To perceive by means of the tongue; to have a certain sensation in consequence of something applied to the tongue, the organ of taste; as, to taste bread; to taste wine; to taste a sweet or an acid.
2. To try the relish of by the perception of the organs of taste
3. To try by eating a little; or to eat a little.
Because I tasted a little of this honey. [[1 Samuel 14#43|1 Samuel 14:43]].
5. To have pleasure from.
6. To experience; to feel; to undergo.
That he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. [[Hebrews 2#9|Hebrews 2:9]].
7. To relish intellectually; to enjoy.
Thou, Adam, wilt taste no pleasure.
8. To experience by shedding, as blood.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.
TASTE, verb intransitive To try by the mouth; to eat or drink; or to eat or drink a little only; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
1. To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the quality or flavor is distinguished; as, butter tastes of garlic; apples boiled in a brass-kettle, sometimes taste of brass.
2. To distinguish intellectually.