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.
BEGUILE
capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored; “She captured all the men’s hearts”
juggle, beguile, hoodwink
(verb) influence by slyness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
beguile (third-person singular simple present beguiles, present participle beguiling, simple past and past participle beguiled)
(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
(transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*guile", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beguiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling.]
1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13.
2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [Obs.] When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. Shak.
3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. W. Irving.
Syn.
– To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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