Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
VOUCHSAFE
vouchsafe
(verb) grant in a condescending manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vouchsafe (third-person singular simple present vouchsafes, present participle vouchsafing, simple past and past participle vouchsafed)
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
To receive or accept in condescension.
To disclose or divulge.
Synonyms
• deign
Source: Wiktionary
Vouch*safe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.] Etym: [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.]
1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. If ye vouchsafe that it be so. Chaucer. Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two Shak. It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. South.
2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] Shak.
Vouch*safe", v. i.
Definition: To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. Chaucer. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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