There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
ABIDINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
abidingly (comparative more abidingly, superlative most abidingly)
In an abiding manner; permanently. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Synonyms
• at length, enduringly, protractedly; see also lastingly
Source: Wiktionary
A*bid"ing*ly, adv.
Definition: Permanently. Carlyle.
ABIDING
A*bid"ing, a.
Definition: Continuing; lasting.
ABIDE
A*bide", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid(#); p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] Etym: [AS. abidan; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bidan to bide. See Bide.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.
3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
A*bide", v. t.
1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Tennyson.
Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object. Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23.
2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson.
3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.
4.
Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.]
Definition: To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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