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.
DISCREDITS
Verb
discredits
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discredit
Source: Wiktionary
DISCREDIT
Dis*cred"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discrédit.]
1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach;
– applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.
Syn.
– Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
Dis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] Etym: [Cf. F. discréditer.]
1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.
2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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