There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
IMPUTED
Verb
imputed
simple past tense and past participle of impute
Adjective
imputed
Attributed to another person.
Source: Wiktionary
IMPUTE
Im*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imputing.] Etym: [F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in + putare to reckon, think. See Putative.]
1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. Macaulay.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 22. They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton.
3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. Gibbon.
Syn.
– To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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