Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
precautioned
simple past tense and past participle of precaution
• deuteranopic, preeducation
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cau"tion, n. Etym: [F. précation, L. praecautio, fr. praecavere, praecautum, to guard against beforehand; prae before + cavere be on one's guard. See Pre-, and Caution.]
1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. J. H. Newman.
2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act; as, to take precautions against accident.
Pre*cau"tion, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. précautionner.]
1. To warn or caution beforehand. Locke.
2. To take precaution against. [R.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.