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.
EMBRACES
Noun
embraces
plural of embrace
Verb
embraces
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrace
Source: Wiktionary
EMBRACE
Em*brace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]
Definition: To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.
Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing.] Etym: [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]
1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.
2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.
3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak. What is there that he may not embrace for truth Locke.
4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.
5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden.
6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.
7. (Law)
Definition: To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.
Syn.
– To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include;
Em*brace", v. i.
Definition: To join in an embrace.
Em*brace", n.
Definition: Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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