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.
NUNCUPATE
Etymology
Verb
nuncupate (third-person singular simple present nuncupates, present participle nuncupating, simple past and past participle nuncupated)
(transitive) To dedicate.
(transitive) To solemnly pronounce
(transitive, legal) To declare, usually of a will, by word of mouth only.
Source: Wiktionary
Nun"cu*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.]
1. To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.] In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it Barrow.
2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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