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.
REANIMATE
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
(verb) give new life or energy to; “A hot soup will revive me”; “This will renovate my spirits”; “This treatment repaired my health”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
reanimate (comparative more reanimate, superlative most reanimate)
Being animate again.
Etymology 2
Verb
reanimate (third-person singular simple present reanimates, present participle reanimating, simple past and past participle reanimated)
To animate again.
To restore to animation or life.
To infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into.
to revive.
to reinvigorate.
to put new animation (pictures) into.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*an"i*mate, v. t.
Definition: To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 May 2024
MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
Coffee Trivia
