2. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle
or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence,
to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an
application to. [R.]
Earth, yield me roots; Who seeks for better of thee,
sauce his palate With thy most operant poison!
--Shak.
3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to
set off; to vary and render attractive.
Then fell she to sauce her desires with
threatenings. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy
upbraidings. --Shak.
4. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be
impudent or saucy to. [Colloq. or Low]
I'll sauce her with bitter words. --Shak.