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.
INFRACT
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; “offend all laws of humanity”; “violate the basic laws or human civilization”; “break a law”; “break a promise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
infract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)
(transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
(transitive) To break off.
Etymology 2
Adjective
infract (not comparable)
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
Anagrams
• frantic, infarct
Source: Wiktionary
In*fract" (n-fr*kt''), a. Etym: [L. infractus; pref. in- not + fractus. p.p. of frangere to break.]
Definition: Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman.
In*fract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Infracting.] Etym: [L. infractus, p.p. of of infringere. See Infringe.]
Definition: To break; to infringe. [R.] Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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