Usually means: Enjoy with deliberate, appreciative awareness.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. savour: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. savour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. savour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. savour: Collins English Dictionary
  5. savour: Vocabulary.com
  6. Savour, savour: Wordnik
  7. savour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. savour: Wiktionary
  9. savour: Dictionary.com
  10. Savour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. savour: Rhymezone
  12. savour: Free Dictionary
  13. savour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. savour: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. savour: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SAVOUR: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

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noun:  (countable) An aroma or smell.
noun:  (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
noun:  (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
noun:  (figurative)
noun:  (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
noun:  (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
noun:  (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
noun:  (countable, archaic) A reputation.
noun:  (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
verb:  To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
verb:  (archaic) To detect (an aroma or smell, especially an appealing one); to smell.
verb:  (figurative)
verb:  To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
verb:  (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
verb:  (archaic) To possess (a particular, often negative, quality), especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of (something).
verb:  (obsolete) To be appealing to (a person, the senses, etc.).
verb:  (obsolete) To experience, perceive, or understand (something).
verb:  (obsolete) To give (something) a particular quality; to imbue with.
verb:  (obsolete, rare) To give (something) an aroma or smell.
verb:  (obsolete, rare) Followed by out: to detect or find (something).
verb:  (obsolete, uncertain) To have a suspicion of (something).
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  (archaic) Of a thing: to give off a (specified) aroma or smell.
verb:  (archaic or obsolete) Of food or drink: to have a specified (especially appealing) flavour or taste.
verb:  To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
verb:  (archaic) Chiefly followed by a descriptive word like ill or well: to have a specified quality.
verb:  (obsolete)
verb:  To give off a foul smell; to stink.
verb:  (figurative) Chiefly followed by to, unto, with, etc.: to be appealing.

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