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.
SENSATE
sensate
(adjective) having physical sensation; “sensate creatures”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sensate (comparative more sensate, superlative most sensate)
Perceived by one or more of the senses.
Having the ability to sense things physically.
Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
Verb
sensate (third-person singular simple present sensates, present participle sensating, simple past and past participle sensated)
(transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.
• R. Hooke
Anagrams
• Santees, entases, sateens, senates, tenases
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sensating.] Etym: [See Sensated.]
Definition: To feel or apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate light, or an odor. As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke.
Sen"sate, Sen"sa*ted, a. Etym: [L. sensatus gifted with sense, intelligent, fr. sensus sense. See Sense.]
Definition: Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses. [R.] Baxter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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