Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
INCHOATED
Verb
inchoated
simple past tense and past participle of inchoate
Source: Wiktionary
INCHOATE
In"cho*ate, a. Etym: [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.]
Definition: Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
– In"cho*ate*ly, adv. Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. Raleigh.
In"cho*ate, v. t.
Definition: To begin. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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