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.
CIRCUMSCRIBE
limit, circumscribe, confine to
(verb) restrict or confine within limits; “I limit you to two visits to the pub a day”; “please confine your questions to the topic”; “our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born”
circumscribe
(verb) draw a line around; “He drew a circle around the points”
circumscribe
(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
circumscribe (third-person singular simple present circumscribes, present participle circumscribing, simple past and past participle circumscribed)
To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumscribing.] Etym: [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See Soribe.]
1. to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.
2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. Bancroft.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5.
Syn.
– To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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