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.
REVOLVED
rotated, revolved
(adjective) turned in a circle around an axis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
revolved
simple past tense and past participle of revolve
Anagrams
• devolver
Source: Wiktionary
REVOLVE
Re*volve", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved(); p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.] Etym: [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.]
1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. If the earth revolve thus, each house pear the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. I. Watts.
2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
4. To return; to pass. [R.] Ayliffe.
Re*volve", v. t.
1. To cause to turn, as on an axis. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axile. Milton.
2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. This having heard, straight I again revolved The law and prophets. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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