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.
INCULPATE
incriminate, imply, inculpate
(verb) suggest that someone is guilty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inculpate (third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)
(legal) To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
Anagrams
• inceptual
Source: Wiktionary
In*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating.] Etym: [LL. inculpatus, p. p. of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable.]
Note: [A word of recent introduction.]
Definition: To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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