saporare

saporare [LL], ~ire 1 to give a pleasant taste to, season, give spice to; b (fig.). c (p. ppl.) seasoned, spiced (also fig.). condio, -is, condivi ‥ i. ~are Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 111; quis ve saporavit in dulcia flumina fontes, / vel quis amara dedit equora? Gower VC II 601; to make savery, condire, ~are CathA. b s1209 quicquid agebat ‥ sapientia disponebat, caritate ~abat (Hist.) MonA IV 15a. c c800 amoris dulcedo meo semper in pectore quantocius suaviter ~ata dulcescat Ep. Alcuin. 18b; aqua enim bene sanis non videtur multum sapida sive ~ata, febribus vero estuantibus multum delectabilis videtur et sapida Alex. Bath Mor. IV 29 p. 161; electuarium ~itum Gilb. I 17v. 2; scias quod omnis medicina que recipitur a jejuno stomacho cum re ~ita quam natura recipientis appetat citius incorporatur quam aliter Bacon IX 102. 2 to taste (also fig.). mel et lac ex ore Domini susceptum ~abat Gosc. Edith (II) 49; dum cibus ore patet, os pocula nulla saporet D. Bec. 945; gustus ‥ corrumpitur ‥ quando ~anda non sentit vel quando ~anda sub propria qualitate non apprehendit Bart. Angl. III 20; infirmus cibum plus amatum et appetitum abhorret ~andum Gilb. V 207v. 2. 3 (w. internal acc.) to have a taste of. munere promissum vestitum dulce saporat, / si fuerit nudum pretii privatur honore D. Bec. 904.

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