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.
REISSUE
reissue, reprint, reprinting
(noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint, reissue
(verb) print anew; “They never reprinted the famous treatise”
reissue
(verb) issue (a new version of); “if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reissue (third-person singular simple present reissues, present participle reissuing, simple past and past participle reissued)
To issue again.
To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.
In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.
Noun
reissue (plural reissues)
Something that has issued, or been issued again.
A second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*is"sue (r*sh"), v. t. & i.
Definition: To issue a second time.
Re*is"sue, n.
Definition: A second or repeated issue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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