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.
COMPESCE
Etymology
Verb
compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced)
(obsolete, transitive) To hold in check; to restrain.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pesce", v. t. Etym: [L. compescere.]
Definition: To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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