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.
INITIATIVES
Noun
initiatives
plural of initiative
Source: Wiktionary
INITIATIVE
In*i"ti*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. initiatif.]
Definition: Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
In*i"ti*a*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. initiative.]
1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins. The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come. I. Taylor.
2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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