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.
DISTRIBUTED
distributed
(adjective) spread out or scattered about or divided up
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
distributed
simple past tense and past participle of distribute
Source: Wiktionary
DISTRIBUTE
Dis*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.] Etym: [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.]
1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.
2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.
3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
5. (Logic)
Definition: To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately.
Syn.
– To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.
Dis*trib"ute, v. i.
Definition: To make distribution. Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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