Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
EXARATE
Etymology 1
Adjective
exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)
(entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
Etymology 2
Verb
exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)
(obsolete) To plough up.
(obsolete) To write or engrave.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"a*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.]
Definition: To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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