Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
IMBRUE
imbrue, drench
(verb) permeate or impregnate; “The war drenched the country in blood”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
imbrue (third-person singular simple present imbrues, present participle imbruing, simple past and past participle imbrued)
To stain (in, with, blood, slaughter, etc.).
Anagrams
• erbium, imbuer, murbie
Source: Wiktionary
Im*brue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbureed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbureing.] Etym: [Cf. OF. embruer, also embruver, embreuver, embrever, to give to drink, soak (see pref. En-, 1, 1st In-, and Breverage), but also OE. enbrewen, enbrowen, to stain, soil (cf. Brewis).]
Definition: To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood. While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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