a. [ L. sapidus, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. sapide. See Sapient, Savor. ] Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camels, to make the water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sapidité. ] The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another. M. S. Lamson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being sapid; sapidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of the fleshpots, they longed to taste and to return. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient.. ] The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woman, if I might sit beside your feet,
And glean your scattered sapience. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a. ] Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the sapient king
Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sapientialis. ] Having or affording wisdom. -- Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

a. Sapiential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make sapient. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sapient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sapo soap + Indicus Indian. ] (Bot.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces. [ 1913 Webster ]