Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) The roof of the mouth; the organ for tasting.

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

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

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

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