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.
IMPROPRIATED
Verb
impropriated
simple past tense and past participle of impropriate
Source: Wiktionary
IMPROPRIATE
Im*pro"pri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impropriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impropriating.] Etym: [Pref. im- in + L. propriatus, p. p. of propriare to appropriate. See Appropriate.]
1. To appropriate to one's self; to assume. [Obs.] To impropriate the thanks to himself. Bacon.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Law)
Definition: To place the profits of (ecclesiastical property) in the hands of a layman for care and disbursement.
Im*pro"pri*ate, v. i.
Definition: To become an impropriator. [R.]
Im*pro"pri*ate, a. (Eng. Eccl. Law)
Definition: Put into the hands of a layman; impropriated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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