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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Season \Sea"son\, verb (used with an object) [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 agreeable.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seasoned
adjective
1: aged or processed; "seasoned wood" [ant: {unseasoned}]
2: having been given flavor (as by seasoning) [syn: {flavored}, {flavoured}]
3: rendered competent through trial and experience; "troops seasoned in combat"; "a seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran officer" [syn: {veteran(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "seasoned": acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, aged, blase, brisk, burning, case-hardened, conditioned, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, curried, developed, established, experienced, familiarized, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully developed, habituated, hardened, hedged, hedged about, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, in full bloom, inured, knowing, leavened, limited, lively, long-standing, maturated, mature, matured, mellow, mellowed, mitigated, modified, modulated, naturalized, nippy, not born yesterday, old, old-time, orientated, oriented, peppery, practical, practiced, prepared, qualified, racy, restricted, ripe, ripened, run-in, sagacious, skilled, snappy, softened, sophisticated, spiced, spicy, steeled, tangy, tempered, toughened, trained, tried, tried and true, used to, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, with a kick, wont, wonted, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise, zestful, zesty, zippy
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