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.
EXPLOIT
feat, effort, exploit
(noun) a notable achievement; “he performed a great feat”; “the book was her finest effort”
exploit, work
(verb) use or manipulate to one’s advantage; “He exploit the new taxation system”; “She knows how to work the system”; “he works his parents for sympathy”
exploit, tap
(verb) draw from; make good use of; “we must exploit the resources we are given wisely”
overwork, exploit
(verb) work excessively hard; “he is exploiting the students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
exploit (plural exploits)
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
An achievement.
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
Verb
exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)
(transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
Synonyms: take advantage of, use
(transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.
Anagrams
• ex-pilot
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ploit", n. Etym: [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p.p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex+plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate.]
1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.
2. Combat; war. [Obs.] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland.
2. Etym: [F. exploiter.]
Definition: To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent] In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital "out of" anybody else. W. G. Sumner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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