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Taste
From OED (The Oxford English Dictionary)
c1290–1646
(v.) transitive. To try, examine, or explore by touch; to feel; to handle. Obsolete.


c1330–1500(v.) To attempt, try to do something. Obsolete. rare.
c1330(n.) A trial, an attempt. Obsolete. rare.
a1387–1702(v.) transitive. To perceive by the sense of taste; to perceive or experience the taste or flavour of.
1340–(v.) transitive. To perceive by the sense of taste; to perceive or experience the taste or flavour of.
1377–1500(v.) intransitive. To feel, touch; to grope. Obsolete.
c1380–
(v.) figurative. To have experience or knowledge of; to experience, feel; to have a slight experience of.


c1380–(v.) To attempt, try to do something. Obsolete. rare.
1382–(v.) figurative. To make trial of as by the sense of taste; to try the quality of. Also with object clause, and absol. or intransitive.
c1384–(v.) To have or take a taste of (food or drink); to take only as much as is sufficient to try or perceive the taste of, to eat or drink a little; but often by meiosis, simply for ‘eat’ or ‘drink’. Negatively, not to taste = not even to taste, not to eat or drink at all. Also figurative to get a ‘taste’ of.
a1387–(v.) absol. or intransitive. To experience or distinguish flavours; to have or exercise the sense of taste.
1390–1897(n.) figurative. A slight experience, received or given; a slight show or sample of any condition or quality.

 a1400–(v.) To try the flavour or quality of by the sense of taste; to put a small quantity of (something) into the mouth in order to ascertain the flavour, etc.; spec. to test the quality of by tasting, for trade purposes. Also absol.
a1400–1670
(v.) transitive. To put to the proof; to try, test. Obsolete.


a1400–1692(n.) Mental perception of quality; judgement, discriminative faculty. Obsolete except as in sense
1477-(n.) The fact or condition of liking or preferring something; inclination, liking for; †appreciation.
1526–(v.) To have experience or knowledge of; to feel, experience;
1530–1978(n.) transferred. The means of tasting; hence, such a small quantity as admits of being tasted; a very small quantity (esp. of alcoholic drink), a sip; spec. (U.S. slang), an alcoholic drink; alcohol.
1559–(v.) figurative. To produce a particular effect upon the mind or feelings; to partake of the nature, character, or quality of; to savour of.

 1583–1631(v.)  figurative. To perceive or recognize as by the sense of taste. Obsolete.
a1586–1672(v.) To cause a pleasant taste in (the mouth); to affect (the palate) agreeably; hence figurative to please, suit, be agreeable to. (Originally intransitive with dative object; in quot. 1672 with to.) Obsolete.

 1604–1707(n.) Enjoyment, pleasure, ‘relish’. Const. in, of.
1605–
(v.) To like the taste of (usually figurative); to relish, approve of, enjoy, like, take pleasure in; in earlier use sometimes in neutral sense: to appreciate. Now archaic or dialect.


1671-(n.) The sense of what is appropriate, harmonious, or beautiful; esp. discernment and appreciation of the beautiful in nature or art; spec. the faculty of perceiving and enjoying what is excellent in art, literature, and the like.
1739-(n.) Style or manner exhibiting aesthetic discernment; good or bad aesthetic quality; the style or manner favoured in any age or country.