DESIGNMENT

Etymology

Noun

designment (countable and uncountable, plural designments)

(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.

Source: Wiktionary


De*sign"ment, n.

1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.] For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden.

2. Design; purpose; scheme. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RESTITUTION

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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.

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