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.
CONNECT
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
(verb) make a logical or causal connection; “I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”; “colligate these facts”; “I cannot relate these events at all”
connect
(verb) join for the purpose of communication; “Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?”
connect
(verb) land on or hit solidly; “The brick connected on her head, knocking her out”
connect, link, tie, link up
(verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; “Can you connect the two loudspeakers?”; “Tie the ropes together”; “Link arms”
connect
(verb) hit or play a ball successfully; “The batter connected for a home run”
connect
(verb) establish a rapport or relationship; “The President of this university really connects with the faculty”
connect, link, link up, join, unite
(verb) be or become joined or united or linked; “The two streets connect to become a highway”; “Our paths joined”; “The travelers linked up again at the airport”
connect
(verb) be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; “The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train”; “The planes don’t connect and you will have to wait for four hours”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
connect (third-person singular simple present connects, present participle connecting, simple past and past participle connected)
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
Synonyms: affix, join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
(transitive, of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
To associate; to establish a relation between.
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
Antonyms
• disconnect
Anagrams
• concent
Source: Wiktionary
Con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connected; p.pr. & vb.n. Connecting.] Etym: [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]
1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between. He fills, he bounds, connect and equals all. Pope. A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.
2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair. Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
Con*nect", v. i.
Definition: To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
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