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Etymology

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From Latin gustātus, past participle of gustō.

Verb

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gustate (third-person singular simple present gustates, present participle gustating, simple past and past participle gustated)

  1. (rare, literary) To taste; to have a relish for.
    • 1869, William Howitt, “Classical and Modern Notions of the Relations betwixt Matter and Spirit”, in The Spiritual Magazine, volume IV, London: James Burns, [], page 350:
      These woful spirits, drenched with the sensuous elements of the life which they led on earth; selfish as they were then to the very inmost depths of their natures, rush with a reckless and gluttonous appetite into the tissues of unfortunately open constitutions, and exult in breathing, drinking in, gustating with a cruel and relentless ardour the sensations and odours of this mortal life once more.
    • 1897, Elwin Vyne, “To the Old Year Passing”, in Gather’d Fragments: Poems, new edition, London: Bertram Dobell, [], page 140:
      Within gardens we have sat, / Gazing on a grassy plat, / With an ecstacy elate; / Gustating thy summer air, / With a joy we cannot share, / Looking on thy summer tree, / Offshoot of far Virgineé.
    • 1944 January 18, Ursula Bethell, “To Kathleen & Merlin Davies”, in Peter Whiteford, editor, Vibrant with Words: The Letters of Ursula Bethell, Wellington: Victoria University Press, published 2005, →ISBN, section VII (1944–1945), page 328:
      Back from dentist, there lay yr. letter on my dressing table – best possible Restorative. I read it while gustating cautiously […] & gratefully swallowing the broth Mrs. O’C. had specially prepared for me.
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Esperanto

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Adverb

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gustate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of gusti

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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gustate

  1. inflection of gustare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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gustate f pl

  1. feminine plural of gustato

Latin

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Participle

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gustāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of gustātus

Spanish

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Verb

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gustate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of gustar combined with te