Savor
Savor , noun
[Old English savour, savor, savur, Old French savor, savour, French saveur, from Latin sapor, from sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and compare Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.]
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.
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?
3.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [Rare]
Beyond my savor.
4.
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obsolete]
She shall no savor have therein but lite.
Savor , intransitive verb
[Compare Old French savorer, French savourer. See Savor, n.]
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.
I have rejected everything that savors of party.
3.
To use the sense of taste. [Obsolete]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling.
Savor , transitive verb
1.
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson
2.
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [Rare]
That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite.
3.
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [Rare] — Shakespeare