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.
INJURES
Verb
injures
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of injure
Source: Wiktionary
INJURE
In"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injured; p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring.] Etym: [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See Injury.]
Definition: To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. When have I injured thee when done thee wrong Shak.
Syn.
– To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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