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.
HESITATE
hesitate, waver, waffle
(verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; “Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
hesitate, pause
(verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; “The speaker paused”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)
(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
(transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
• Alexander Pope
Usage notes
• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs
Synonyms
• (to stop respecting decision or action): demur, falter, mammer, scruple, waver; see also hesitate
• (to falter in speaking): balbucinate, balbutiate, falter, hem, haw, stammer, stutter
• (to utter with hesitation): falter
Anagrams
• athetise, hatesite
Source: Wiktionary
Hes"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hesitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hesitating.] Etym: [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, Gaze, Adhere.]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope.
2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Syn.
– To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer.
Hes"i*tate, v. t.
Definition: To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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