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.
OBVERSELY
Etymology
Adverb
obversely (comparative more obversely, superlative most obversely)
In an obverse manner.
Anagrams
• verbosely
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*verse"ly, adv.
Definition: In an obverse manner.
OBVERSE
Ob*verse", a. Etym: [L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]
Definition: Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Ob"verse, n. Etym: [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.]
1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIGATE
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