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.
ELEGIZE
elegize, elegise
(verb) compose an elegy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
elegize (third-person singular simple present elegizes, present participle elegizing, simple past and past participle elegized)
(transitive) To compose an elegy for.
(intransitive) To compose an elegy.
(transitive) To praise, as if in an elegy.
Source: Wiktionary
El"e*gize, v. t.
Definition: To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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