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.
REQUISITE
needed, needful, required, requisite
(adjective) necessary for relief or supply; “provided them with all things needful”
necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
(noun) anything indispensable; “food and shelter are necessities of life”; “the essentials of the good life”; “allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions”; “a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
requisite (comparative more requisite, superlative most requisite)
Essential, indispensable, required.
Synonyms: necessary, Thesaurus:requisite
Noun
requisite (plural requisites)
An indispensable item; a requirement.
Hyponyms
• prerequisite
Source: Wiktionary
Req"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.
Definition: That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. Wake.
Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]
Definition: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.
Syn.
– Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.
– Req"ui*site*ly, adv.
– Req"ui*site*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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