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.
DISMISSED
discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped
(adjective) having lost your job
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dismissed
simple past tense and past participle of dismiss
Source: Wiktionary
DISMISS
Dis*miss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismissed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.] Etym: [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]
1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.
2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
Dis*miss", n.
Definition: Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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