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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seasoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Seasoning}.]
1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
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He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak.
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2. To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to
accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one
to a climate.
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3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of
natural juices; as, to season timber.
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4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or
relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
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5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.
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You season still with sports your serious hours.
--Dryden.
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The proper use of wit is to season conversation.
--Tillotson.
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6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When
mercy seasons justice." --Shak.
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7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being
seasoned with the love of the truth." --Fuller.
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Season their younger years with prudent and pious
principles. --Jer. Taylor.
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8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
seasoned
adj 1: aged or processed; "seasoned wood" [ant: {unseasoned}]
2: having been given flavor (as by seasoning) [syn: {flavored},
{flavoured}]
3: rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops
seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran
steadiness"; "a veteran officer" [syn: {veteran(a)}]
From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:
seasoned [siːznd]
reif
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