v. Obs. [a. OF. assavoure-r, earlier asavorer, cogn. with Pr. assaborar, It. assaporare, a late L. or Romanic compound, f. ad to + sapōrāre to season, flavor, in late L. to savor, relish, f. sapōr-em relish, SAVOUR.] To relish, enjoy the taste of.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 30/4. The propre body of jhesu … [to] receyve and assavoure devoutly. Ibid., 364/3. She herd the sermons ententyuely and assaueured them more swetely.
