delibate

verb2

1. •
   (no longer used) To taste; to take a sip of.

   • 1641: Shackerley Marmion, The Antiquary, Act III: [Duke:] But when he has travell’d and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements … — 1641
2. •
   (no longer used) To dabble in.