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.
ASCENT
rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
(noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction
rise, rising, ascent, ascension
(noun) a movement upward; “they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon”
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
(noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road); “the car couldn’t make it up the rise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ascent (countable and uncountable, plural ascents)
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The way or means by which one ascends.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
Anagrams
• casten, enacts, scante, secant, stance
Source: Wiktionary
As*cent". Etym: [Formed like descent, as if from a F. ascente, fr. a verb ascendre, fr. L. ascendere. See Ascend, Descent.]
1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton.
2. The way or means by which one ascends.
3. An eminence, hill, or high place. Addison.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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