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degusted

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de⋅gust

  [di-guhst]
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–verb (used with object)
to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively.
Also, de⋅gus⋅tate  [di-guhs-teyt] .

Origin:
1615–25; < L dēgustāre to taste, try, equiv. to dē- de- + gustāre to taste (gust(us) a tasting + -āre inf. suffix)

Related forms:
de⋅gus⋅ta⋅tion  [dee-guh-stey-shuhn] , noun
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de·gust   (dĭ-gŭst', dē-)   
tr.v.   de·gust·ed, de·gust·ing, de·gusts
To taste with relish; savor.

[Latin dēgustāre : dē-, de- + gustāre, to taste; see geus- in Indo-European roots.]
de'gus·ta'tion (dē'gŭ-stā'shən) n.
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