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.
CONSCRIPT
draftee, conscript, inductee
(noun) someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
(verb) enroll into service compulsorily; “The men were conscripted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conscript (plural conscripts)
One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
Adjective
conscript (not comparable)
Drafted into a military service or similar.
Enrolled; written; registered.
Verb
conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)
(transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
Synonyms: draft, induct
Source: Wiktionary
Con"script, a. Etym: [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
Con"script, n.
Definition: One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
Con*script", v. t.
Definition: To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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