seasoned
    adj 1: aged or processed; "seasoned wood" [ant: unseasoned]
    2: rendered competent through trial and experience; "a seasoned
       traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer" [syn:
       seasoned, veteran(a)]

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