Definition for DIS-TASTE'

DIS-TASTE', v.t.

  1. To disrelish; to dislike; to lothe; as, to distaste drugs or poisons.
  2. To offend; to disgust. He thought it no policy to distaste the English or Irish, but sought to please them. – Davies.
  3. To vex; to displease; to sour. – Pope. [The two latter significations are rare.]

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