SEASON

Definitions

1. 1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. He is fit and seasoned for his passage. Shak.
2. 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.
3. 3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
4. 4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
5. 5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable. You season still with sports your serious hours. Dryden. The proper use of wit is to season conversation. Tillotson.
6. 6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." Shak.
7. 7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." Fuller. Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. Jer. Taylor.
8. 8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] Holland.