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.
OBSECRATES
Verb
obsecrates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obsecrate
Source: Wiktionary
OBSECRATE
Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [L. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
Definition: To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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