Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BETHOUGHT
BETHINK
bethink
(verb) consider or ponder something carefully; “She bethought her of their predicament”
bethink
(verb) cause oneself to consider something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bethought (comparative more bethought, superlative most bethought)
(of a thing) Intended; purposed; contrived.
(of a person) Minded; disposed.
Verb
bethought
simple past tense and past participle of bethink
Source: Wiktionary
Be*thought",
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
BETHINK
Be*think", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethought; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking.] Etym: [AS. be; pref. be- + to think. See Think.]
Definition: To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. We bethink a means to break it off. Shak.
Syn.
– To recollect; remember; reflect.
Be*think", v. i.
Definition: To think; to recollect; to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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