tastare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to feel
  2. (transitive) to grope, to cop a feel
  3. (transitive) to test, to probe by feel
  4. (transitive) to taste

Synonyms

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
ta‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tasˈta.re/
Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tastāre, from taxitāre, frequentative of Late Latin taxāre, from Classical Latin tangō (“to touch”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Venetan tastar; Old French taster; Friulian tastâ; Sicilian tastari.

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