gustateEtymologyBorrowed from Latin gustātus, perfect passive participle of gustō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).gustate means to taste; to have a relish for. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.verbTo taste; to have a relish for.“These woful spirits, drenched with the sensuous elements of the life which they led on earth; selfish as they were then to the very inmost depths of their natures, rush with a reckless and gluttonous appetite into the tissues of unfortunately open constitutions, and exult in breathing, drinking in, gustating with a cruel and relentless ardour the sensations and odours of this mortal life once more”