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.
EMBRAVE
Etymology
Verb
embrave (third-person singular simple present embraves, present participle embraving, simple past and past participle embraved)
(obsolete) To inspire with bravery.
(obsolete) To embellish, adorn.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*brave", v. t.
1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.
2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.] And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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