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.
SUCCUMBED
Verb
succumbed
simple past tense and past participle of succumb
Source: Wiktionary
SUCCUMB
Suc*cumb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing.] Etym: [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.]
Definition: To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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