Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
--Chaucer.
2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a
mouth. Also used figuratively.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water
that was made wine. --John ii. 9.
When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became
incapable of pity or remorse. --Gibbon.
3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
I tasted a little of this honey. --1 Sam. xiv.
29.
4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to
experience; to undergo.
He . . . should taste death for every man. --Heb.
ii. 9.
5. To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an
implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in
pleasure, solitary. --Milton.