Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DISANIMATE
Etymology
Verb
disanimate (third-person singular simple present disanimates, present participle disanimating, simple past and past participle disanimated)
(transitive) To deprive of life.
(transitive) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis*an"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disanimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disanimating.]
1. To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.
2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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