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   Savor , n. [OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.] [Written also savour.]
   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.
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   I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things.
   Shak.
   
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   Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.
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   Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit?
   Baxter.
   
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   Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] “Beyond my savor.” 
   Herbert.
   
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   Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
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   She shall no savor have therein but lite.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Syn. -- Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.
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   Savor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.] [Written also savour.]
   To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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   To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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   This savors not much of distraction.
   Shak.
   
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   I have rejected everything that savors of party.
   Addison.
   
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   To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
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   By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Savor, v. t.
   To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.]
   B. Jonson.
   
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   To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.]
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   That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
   Rancor and pride, impatience and despite.
   Milton.
   
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   To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.]
   Shak.
   
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