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.
MAGNETIZE
magnetize, magnetise
(verb) make magnetic; “The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings”
magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind
(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet; “She magnetized the audience with her tricks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
magnetize (third-person singular simple present magnetizes, present participle magnetizing, simple past and past participle magnetized)
(transitive, physics) To make magnetic.
(intransitive, physics) To become magnetic.
(obsolete, transitive) To hypnotize using mesmerism.
(figurative, transitive) To attract, allure or entice; to captivate or entrance.
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"net*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnetized; prep. & adv. Magnetizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. magnétiser.]
1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence. Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. Motley.
3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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