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.
PERFUSE
suffuse, perfuse
(verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; “The sky was suffused with a warm pink color”
perfuse
(verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); “perfuse a liver with a salt solution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
perfuse (third-person singular simple present perfuses, present participle perfusing, simple past and past participle perfused)
(transitive) To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
(transitive) To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Per*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfused; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfusing.] Etym: [L. perfusus, p.p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour.]
Definition: To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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