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.
IMMERSE
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to; “He immersed himself into his studies”
plunge, immerse
(verb) cause to be immersed; “The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text”
immerse, plunge
(verb) thrust or throw into; “Immerse yourself in hot water”
immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
(verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)
(transitive) To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
(transitive, mathematics) To map into an immersion.
Synonyms
• submerge
Adjective
immerse (comparative more immerse, superlative most immerse)
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*merse", a. Etym: [L. immersus, p. p. of immergere. See Immerge.]
Definition: Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] "Things immerse in matter." Bacon.
Im*merse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]
1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge. Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. J Warton. More than a mile immersed within the wood. Dryden.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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