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.
INTONATES
Verb
intonates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intonate
Anagrams
• anointest, neostatin, tantonies
Source: Wiktionary
INTONATE
In"to*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.]
Definition: To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
In"to*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating.] Etym: [See Intone.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol- fa.
2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
In"to*nate, v. t.
Definition: To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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