computes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compute
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] Etym: [L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
Definition: To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.
Syn.
– To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Com*pute", n. Etym: [L. computus: cf. F. comput.]
Definition: Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
