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.
DENATIONALIZED
Verb
denationalized
simple past tense and past participle of denationalize
Source: Wiktionary
DENATIONALIZE
De*na"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénationaliser.]
Definition: To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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