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Webster 1913 Edition

Savor

Sa′vor

,
Noun.
[OE.
savour
,
savor
,
savur
, OF.
savor
,
savour
, F.
saveur
, fr. L.
sapor
, fr.
sapere
to taste, savor. See
Sage
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Sapid
,
Insipid
,
Sapor
.]
[Written also
savour
.]
1.
That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent;
as, the
savor
of an orange or a rose; an ill
savor
.
I smell sweet
savors
and I feel soft things.
Shakespeare
2.
Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
Why is not my life a continual joy, and the
savor
of heaven perpetually upon my spirit?
Baxter.
3.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
[R.]
“Beyond my savor.”
Herbert.
4.
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
[Obs.]
She shall no
savor
have therein but lite.
Chaucer.
Syn. – Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.

Sa′vor

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Savored
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Savoring
.]
[Cf. OF.
savorer
, F.
savourer
. See
Savor
,
Noun.
]
[Written also
savour
.]
1.
To have a particular smell or taste; – with of.
2.
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; – with of.
This
savors
not much of distraction.
Shakespeare
I have rejected everything that
savors
of party.
Addison.
3.
To use the sense of taste.
[Obs.]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or
savoring
, and feeling.
Chaucer.

Sa′vor

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
2.
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
[R.]
That cuts us off from hope, and
savors
only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite.
Milton.
3.
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
[R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Savor

SA'VOR

,
Noun.
[L. sapor, sapio, to taste.]
1.
Taste or odor; something that perceptibly affects the organs of taste and smell; as the savor of an orange or rose; an ill savor; a sweet savor.
I smell sweet savors -
In Scripture, it usually denotes smell, scent, odor.
Lev. 26. Eccles. 10.
2.
The quality which renders a thing valuable; the quality which renders other bodies agreeable to the taste.
If the salt hath lost its savor - Matt. 5.
3.
In Scripture, character; reputation. Ex. 5.
4.
Cause; occasion. 2Cor. 2.
Sweet savor, in Scripture, denotes that which renders a thing acceptable to God, or his acceptance. Hence, to smell a sweet savor, is to accept the offering or service. Gen. 8.

SA'VOR

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To have a particular smell or taste.
2.
To partake of the quality or nature of; or to have the appearance of. The answers savor of a humble spirit; or they savor of pride.
I have rejected every thing that savors of party.

SA'VOR

, v.t.
1.
To like; to taste or smell with pleasure.
2.
To like; to delight in; to favor. Matt. 16.

Definition 2024

savor

savor

See also: savôr

English

Alternative forms

Noun

savor ‎(plural savors)

  1. the specific taste or smell of something
  2. a distinctive sensation
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French savourer, from savour, or possibly Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor ‎(“taste, flavor”), from sapiō ‎(“taste of, have a flavor of”).

Verb

savor ‎(third-person singular simple present savors, present participle savoring, simple past and past participle savored)

  1. to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality
  2. to appreciate, enjoy or relish something
Translations

Anagrams

Ido

Verb

savor

  1. future infinitive of savar

Old French

Noun

savor f ‎(oblique plural savors, nominative singular savor, nominative plural savors)

  1. Alternative form of savour

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French savour, from Latin sapor ‎(“taste, flavor”), from sapiō ‎(“taste of, have a flavor of”).

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