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.
COMMENSURATE
commensurate
(adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent; “pay should be commensurate with the time worked”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
commensurate (comparative more commensurate, superlative most commensurate)
Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
(physics) Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
Antonyms
• incommensurate
• discommensurate
Verb
commensurate (third-person singular simple present commensurates, present participle commensurating, simple past and past participle commensurated)
To reduce to a common measure.
To proportionate; to adjust.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*men"su*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.] Etym: [Pref. com- + mensurate.]
1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.
2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller
Com*men"su*rate, a.
1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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