Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ABORTED
Etymology
Adjective
aborted (not comparable)
Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
• Richard Owen
Verb
aborted
simple past tense and past participle of abort
Anagrams
• Bretado, borated, tabored, to-bread
Source: Wiktionary
A*bort"ed, a.
1. Brought forth prematurely.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.
ABORT
A*bort", v. i. Etym: [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.]
1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
A*bort", n. Etym: [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.]
1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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