Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DISARMS
Verb
disarms
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disarm
Source: Wiktionary
DISARM
Dis*arm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] Etym: [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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