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.
PREDISPOSE
predispose
(verb) make susceptible; “This illness predisposes you to gain weight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] Etym: [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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