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.
REVOLUTIONIZE
revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
(verb) change radically; “E-mail revolutionized communication in academe”
revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire
(verb) fill with revolutionary ideas
revolutionize
(verb) overthrow by a revolution, of governments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
revolutionize (third-person singular simple present revolutionizes, present participle revolutionizing, simple past and past participle revolutionized)
to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution
Source: Wiktionary
Rev`o*lu"tion*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revolutioniezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing().]
Definition: To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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