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.
APPROVE
approve
(verb) judge to be right or commendable; think well of
approve, O.K., okay, sanction
(verb) give sanction to; “I approve of his educational policies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved)
(transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
(transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
(intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
(archaic, transitive) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
Etymology 2
Verb
approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved)
(transitive, legal, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved; p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] Etym: [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.]
1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.] Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.
3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. Rog
Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. W. Black.
Ap*prove", v. t. Etym: [OF. aprouer; (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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