Savor | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Sā'vor, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. savor, N. Fr. saveur, Pr., Sp., & Pg. sabor, It. sapore, Lat. sapor, from sapere, to taste, savor.] [Written also savour.]

Sense 1. Quality affecting the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; as, the savor of an orange or rose; an ill savor.

I smell sweet savors. Shak.

Sense 2. Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.

Why is not . . . the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit? Baxter.

Sense 3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [Rare.] “Beyond my savor.” Herbert.

Synonyms—Taste; flavor; relish; odor; scent; smell.

Sā'vor, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. SAVORED; p. pr. & vb. n. SAVORING.] [From the noun; O. Fr. savorer, N. Fr. savourer, Pr. saborar, Sp. & Pg. saborear, It. saporare.] [Written also savour.]

To have a particular smell or taste; — with of.
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack.

This savors not much of distraction. Shak. I have rejected every thing that savors of party. Addison.

Sā'vor, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To perceive by the smell; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Sense 2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [Rare.]

That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.

Sense 3. To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to like; to favor.