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.
APPOSED
Verb
apposed
simple past tense and past participle of appose
Anagrams
• pea pods, peapods
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*posed", a.
Definition: Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
APPOSE
Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [F. apposer to set to; ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [For oppose. See Oppose.]
Definition: To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose. To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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