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.
COMPLIMENTED
Verb
complimented
simple past tense and past participle of compliment
Source: Wiktionary
COMPLIMENT
Com"pli*ment, n. Etym: [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement.]
Definition: An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton. Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper. To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.Locke.
– To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesias to.
– To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony.
Syn.
– See Adulation.
Com"pli*ment, v. t.
Definition: To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. Prior.
Syn.
– To praise; flatter; adulate; commend.
Com"pli*ment, v. i.
Definition: To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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