- OE. tasten to feel, to taste, OF. taster, F. tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. See Taxv. t.
- To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.ObsTaste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
- To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine.When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.I tasted a little of this honey.
- To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.He . . . should taste death for every man.
- To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.
