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.
INURES
Verb
inures
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inure
Anagrams
• Ursine, insure, nursie, rusine, urines, ursine
Source: Wiktionary
INURE
In*ure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inured; p. pr. & vb. n. Inuring.] Etym: [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See Ure use, practice, Opera, and cf. Manure.]
Definition: To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. "To inure our prompt obedience." Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. Cowper.
In*ure", v. i.
Definition: To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, a gift of lands inures to the heirs. [Written also enure.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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