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.
RECONCILE
harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
(verb) bring into consonance or accord; “harmonize one’s goals with one’s abilities”
accommodate, reconcile, conciliate
(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another); “The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories”
resign, reconcile, submit
(verb) accept as inevitable; “He resigned himself to his fate”
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
(verb) come to terms; “After some discussion we finally made up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reconcile (third-person singular simple present reconciles, present participle reconciling, simple past and past participle reconciled)
To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.
To make things compatible or consistent.
To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
Source: Wiktionary
Rec"on*cile` (-sl`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-sld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.] Etym: [F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.]
1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop. Chaucer. We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20.
2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to. The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke. Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Syn.
– To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.
Rec"on*cile`, v. i.
Definition: To become reconciled. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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