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.
IMPEDED
impeded
(adjective) made difficult or slow; “we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
impeded
simple past tense and past participle of impede
Source: Wiktionary
IMPEDE
Im*pede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.] Etym: [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.]
Definition: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. Logfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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