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.
COUNTERMANDING
Verb
countermanding
present participle of countermand
Source: Wiktionary
COUNTERMAND
Coun`ter*mand" (koun`tr-mnd"), v. t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] Etym: [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]
1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.
3. To oppose; to revoke the command of. For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.
Coun"ter*mand (koun"tr-mnd), n.
Definition: A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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