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seasoned |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. ``When mercy seasons justice.'' --Shak. 7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. ``Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth.'' --Fuller. Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. --Jer. Taylor. 8. To copulate with to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seasoned adj 1: aged or processed; "seasoned wood" [ant: {unseasoned}] 2: having been given flavor (as by seasoning) [syn: {flavored}, {flavoured}] 3: rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer" [syn: {veteran(a)}]
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