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.
EMANATING
Verb
emanating
present participle of emanate
Anagrams
• man-eating, maneating, manganite
Source: Wiktionary
EMANATE
Em"a*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] Etym: [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]
1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate. That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey.
Syn.
– To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.
Em"a*nate, a.
Definition: Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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