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.
APPEASE
propitiate, appease
(verb) make peace with
quell, stay, appease
(verb) overcome or allay; “quell my hunger”
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; “She managed to mollify the angry customer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
appease (third-person singular simple present appeases, present participle appeasing, simple past and past participle appeased)
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
Synonyms: calm, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, still, lull
To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
Synonyms: mollify, propitiate
Antonyms
• antagonize
Anagrams
• paepaes
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.] Etym: [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.]
Definition: To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
Syn.
– To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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