Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
LICENCE
license, licence, permit
(noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something
license, licence
(noun) freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license, licence
(noun) excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; “when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near”- Will Durant; “the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum”- Edmund Burke
license, licence, certify
(verb) authorize officially; “I am licensed to practice law in this state”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
(British, Canada, Australia, South Africa) Standard spelling of license.
Verb
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
(UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
Usage notes
• In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
• The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Source: Wiktionary
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