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.
REASSERT
confirm, reassert
(verb) strengthen or make more firm; “The witnesses confirmed the victim’s account”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reassert (third-person singular simple present reasserts, present participle reasserting, simple past and past participle reasserted)
assert again
Anagrams
• asserter, rearsets, serrates, terrasse
Source: Wiktionary
Re`as*sert", v. t.
Definition: To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so. Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature. Walsh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
15 January 2025
BEAR
(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”
Coffee Trivia
