Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
APPROBATE
approbate
(verb) accept (documents) as valid
approbate
(verb) approve or sanction officially
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
approbate (comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate)
approved
Verb
approbate (third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated)
(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"pro*bate, a. Etym: [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.]
Definition: Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.
Ap"pro*bate, v. t.
Definition: To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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