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.
EMBIGGEN
Etymology
Verb
embiggen (third-person singular simple present embiggens, present participle embiggening, simple past and past participle embiggened)
(nonstandard, now jocular, transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
Synonyms: swell, aggrandize, bigger, enlarge
Antonyms: ensmallen, debigulate, shrink, diminish, belittle
(nonstandard, jocular, intransitive) To enlarge or grow; to become bigger.
Synonyms: swell, grow
Antonyms: shrink, contract, diminish
Source: Wiktionary
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