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.
ANTEDATING
Verb
antedating
present participle of antedate
Noun
antedating (plural antedatings)
The action of marking with an earlier date.
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
Anagrams
• tangdanite
Source: Wiktionary
ANTEDATE
An"te*date`, n.
1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.
An"te*date`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating.]
1. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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