According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
IMPULSED
Verb
impulsed
simple past tense and past participle of impulse
Anagrams
• displume
Source: Wiktionary
IMPULSE
Im"pulse, n. Etym: [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See Impel.]
1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. S. Clarke.
2. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
4. A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. Dryden.
Syn.
– Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling; incitement; instigation.
Im*pulse", v. t. Etym: [See Impel.]
Definition: To impel; to incite. [Obs.] Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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