Savor /(?)/

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. [R.]
4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]

   She shall no savor have therein but lite.

imp. & p. p. Savored; p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring

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. [Obs.]

   By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling.

1. To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.]
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.

3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.]