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De - Pt| English Dictionary: seasoning | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for seasoning | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seasoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seasoning}.] 1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak. 2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. 3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber. 4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food. 5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable. You season still with sports your serious hours. --Dryden. The proper use of wit is to season conversation. --Tillotson. 6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. [bd]When mercy seasons justice.[b8] --Shak. 7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. [bd]Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth.[b8] --Fuller. Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. --Jer. Taylor. 8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n. 1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned. 2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. 3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. --Addison. {Seasoning tub} (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. --Knight. | |
