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.
EXPLICATING
Verb
explicating
present participle of explicate
Source: Wiktionary
EXPLICATE
Ex"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Definition: Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating().]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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