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.
Taste, v. i. 1. To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little
only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
2. To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the
specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular
quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes
of garlic.
Yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason Shall to the king taste of
this action.
Shak.