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.
SEPARATELY
individually, separately, singly, severally, one by one, on an individual basis
(adverb) apart from others; “taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square”; “the fine points are treated singly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
separately (not comparable)
In a separate manner; not together; apart.
Synonyms
• sunderling
Source: Wiktionary
SEPARATE
Sep"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated (; p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] Etym: [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade, and cf. Sever.]
1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. 9. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ Rom. viii. 35.
2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii. 2. Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.
Sep"a*rate, v. i.
Definition: To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
Sep"a*rate, p. a. Etym: [L. separatus, p. p. ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix. 26.
2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. Heb. vii. 26.
3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.
– Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.
– Sep"a*rate*ly, adv.
– Sep"a*rate*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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