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.
OVERRULINGS
Noun
overrulings
plural of overruling
Source: Wiktionary
OVERRULING
O`ver*rul"ing, a.
Definition: Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.
– O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv.
OVERRULE
O`ver*rule", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overruled; p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling.]
1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order. His passion and animosity overruled his conscience. Clarendon. These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled. F. W. Newman.
3. (Law)
Definition: To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
O`ver*rule", v. i.
Definition: To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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