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.
ENTRAPPED
ENTRAP
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap; “I was set up!”; “The innocent man was framed by the police”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
entrapped
simple past tense and past participle of entrap
Source: Wiktionary
ENTRAP
En*trap", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping.] Etym: [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
Definition: To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.
Syn.
– To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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