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The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.

In a palatable manner.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

To palatize.

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.

Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. "Palatial style." A. Drummond.

Palatal; palatine.

The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell.

Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. -- Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace.

Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] "Palative delights." Sir T. Browne.

To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. -- Pal`a*ti*za"tion, n. J. Peile.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.

The posterior nares. See Nares.

Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

e, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.

One who palavers; a flatterer.

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.

The interior chaff or husk of grasses.

Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.

Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.