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.
EMBELLISH
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
(verb) make more beautiful
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
(verb) add details to
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
(verb) be beautiful to look at; “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
embellish (third-person singular simple present embellishes, present participle embellishing, simple past and past participle embellished)
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.
Synonyms
• adorn
• beautify
• decorate
• deck
• grace
• ornament
• prettify
• See also decorate
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bel"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] Etym: [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.]
Definition: To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
Syn.
– To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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