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.
ASSISTANTS
Noun
assistants
plural of assistant
Source: Wiktionary
ASSISTANT
As*sist"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.]
1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other. Beattie.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]
Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow.
As*sist"ant, n.
1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. Four assistants who his labor share. Pope. Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. Mrs. Chapone.
2. An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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