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.
CONCURRENCE
concurrence, concurrency
(noun) acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrence
(noun) the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; “the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable”
concurrence, concurrency
(noun) agreement of results or opinions
concurrence, meeting of minds
(noun) a state of cooperation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
concurrence (countable and uncountable, plural concurrences)
Agreement; concurring.
An instance of simultaneous occurrence.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cur"rence, n. Etym: [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]
1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke.
2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act;
– implying joint approbation. Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift.
3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; coöperation. We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. Rogers. An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. Burke.
4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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