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.
RELEGATES
Etymology 1
Verb
relegates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relegate
Etymology 2
Noun
relegates
plural of relegate
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
RELEGATE
Rel"e*gate (rl"-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] Etym: [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.]
Definition: To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar. Milman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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