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.
EDUCATE
train, develop, prepare, educate
(verb) create by training and teaching; “The old master is training world-class violinists”; “we develop the leaders for the future”
educate
(verb) give an education to; “We must educate our youngsters better”
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; “Cultivate your musical taste”; “Train your tastebuds”; “She is well schooled in poetry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)
to instruct or train
Synonyms
• instruct
• teach
Antonyms
• ignorize
Source: Wiktionary
Ed"u*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated; p. pr. & vb. n. Educating.] Etym: [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to Educe.]
Definition: To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn.
– To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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