† attastev.
Obsolete.
To taste, experience:
a. transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > taste so as to appreciate
attastec1374
tastea1400
gustc1430
degustate1599
degust1623
smack1822
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience
feelOE
seeOE
passa1325
provec1330
attastec1374
wielda1375
tastec1380
sufferc1390
to pass through ——c1400
expert?a1475
traverse1477
experiment1484
savour1509
to taste of1526
to go through ——1535
sustain1575
approve1578
try1578
experience1588
undergo1600
to run through ——1602
pree1806
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. i. 30 Þat þou drynke and atast [e] some softe and delitable þinges.
a1400 Cov. Myst. 31 Out of this blysse sone xal ȝe go..And sorwe ȝe xal atast.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates James I. xviii Attaste no poyson.
b. absol. or intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (intransitive)]
tastea1387
attastec1460
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > experience some action or influence
attastec1460
to go (also pass, have been, etc.) through the mill1818
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 458 This is his owne staff, þou seyist; þereof he shal a-tast.
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 161 Shrympes welle pyked..þat youre lord may attast.
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