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Palate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The roof or upper part of the mouth. The glands in this part of the mouth secrete a mucous fluid, which lubricates the mouth and throat, and facilitates deglutition.

2. Taste.

3. Hard task to hit the palates of such guests.

4. [This signification of the word originated in the opinion that the palate is the instrument of taste. This is a mistake. In itself it has no power of taste.]

5. Mental relish; intellectual taste.

6. Men of nice palates could not relish Aristotle, as dressed up by the schoolmen.

Palate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To perceive by the taste. [Not used.]

Palate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The roof of the mouth.

2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.

3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.

4. A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

Palate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To perceive by the taste.