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.
DISCLOSE
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover
(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”
disclose, expose, uncover
(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover; “The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disclose (third-person singular simple present discloses, present participle disclosing, simple past and past participle disclosed)
(transitive, obsolete) To open up, unfasten.
(transitive) To uncover, physically expose to view.
Synonyms: reveal, unveil
(transitive) To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.
Synonyms: reveal, unveil, divulge, publish, impart
Synonyms
• (to expose to the knowledge of others): bring to light, expose, reveal; See also divulge
• (to make known, state openly): impart, make known, publish; See also announce
Antonyms
• cover up
• withhold
Noun
disclose (plural discloses)
(obsolete) A disclosure.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] Etym: [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.
3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.
4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. Addison.
Syn.
– To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
Dis*close", n.
Definition: Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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