(1):

(v. t.) To perceive by the taste.

(2):

(n.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.

(3):

(n.) Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste.

(4):

(n.) The roof of the mouth.

(5):

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