The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
ACTUATED
actuated
(adjective) moved to action; “a man actuated by unworthy desired”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
actuated
simple past tense and past participle of actuate
Source: Wiktionary
ACTUATE
Ac"tu*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Actuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating.] Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act.]
1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.
2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate.
Ac"tu*ate, a. Etym: [LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare.]
Definition: Put in action; actuated. [Obs.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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