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verb

Relish v. t. (past & past part. relished; pres. part. relishing)

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. "Now I begin to relish thy advice." "He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys."

To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably. "A savory bit that served to relish wine."

Relish v. i. To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor. "Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits." "A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature."

noun

Relish n.

A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing. "Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained From this delightful fruit, nor known till now True relish, tasting." "When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish."

Savor; quality; characteristic tinge. "It preserve some relish of old writing."

A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness. "A relish for whatever was excellent in arts." "I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious."

That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

Synonyms: Taste; savor; flavor; appetite; zest; gusto; liking; delight.

Relish n. (Carp.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

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... no objection to beginning under a dozen, but Dan used his allowance as a "relish" with his steak. "One egg!" he chuckled as he shelled his relish and I enjoyed my breakfast. "Often wonder how ever ...

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— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White

... seemed to realize our situation, and gave me all the sympathy I could ask, repeatedly rubbing her soft nose over my face and lapping up my salt tears with evident relish. ...

— The Story of a Bad Boy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... for lunch occupied only about fifteen minutes, the begrimed workers sitting down on the steps of the ladders and eating their simple food with keen relish. At night when strong electric lights cast their glare over these constantly moving lines of figures the effect was almost grotesque, reminding one of Gustave Dore's terrible pictures of the lost souls in torment, or of the scramble to escape when the deluge ...

— The Critic in the Orient • George Hamlin Fitch

... The man had only been in his house one night, and was proposing to take all his troubles off his hands. He did not relish the proposition at all. He did not like to be accused of not doing as well for himself as others could do for him. He did not wish to make any change although he remembered at the moment his anger with Farmer Stovey respecting ...

— The Belton Estate • Anthony Trollope

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