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.
DISPROVE
disprove, confute
(verb) prove to be false; “The physicist disproved his colleagues’ theories”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproven or disproved)
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Usage notes
• The past participle disproven is often proscribed in favor of disproved.
Antonyms
• prove
Anagrams
• provides
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.
2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CITATION
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; “the student’s essay failed to list several important citations”; “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”; “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
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