Season \Sea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seasoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Seasoning.]

1. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.

He is fit and seasoned for his passage. --Shak.

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.

3. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.

4. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.

5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.

You season still with sports your serious hours. --Dryden.

The proper use of wit is to season conversation. --Tillotson.

6. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. ``When mercy seasons justice.'' --Shak.

7. To imbue; to tinge or taint. ``Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth.'' --Fuller.

Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. --Jer. Taylor.

8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.]

--Holland.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Seasoning \Sea"son*ing\, n.

1. The act or process by which anything is seasoned.

2. That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.

3. Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation.

Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings. --Addison.

Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. --Knight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)