PALATE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The roof of the mouth.

2.
n.

Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.

3.
n.

Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.

4.
n.

A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

5.
v.

To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.

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