“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
coted
simple past tense and past participle of cote
Source: Wiktionary
Cote (kt), n. Etym: [See 1st Cot.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.
Cote, v. t. Etym: [Prob. from F. c sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]
Definition: To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.
Cote, v. t. Etym: [See Quote.]
Definition: To quote. [Obs.] Udall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States