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.
FATIGATES
Verb
fatigates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigate
Source: Wiktionary
FATIGATE
Fat"i*gate, a. Etym: [L. fatigatus, p.p. of fatigare. See Fatigue.]
Definition: Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.] Requickened what in flesh was fatigate. Shak.
Fat"i*gate, v. t.
Definition: To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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