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.
DISAGREED
Verb
disagreed
simple past tense and past participle of disagree
Anagrams
• sidegrade
Source: Wiktionary
DISAGREE
Dis`a*gree", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disageeing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. désagréer to displease.]
1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.
2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree Pope.
3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
Note: Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal.
Syn.
– To differ; vary; dissent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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