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.
OVERCOMING
Verb
overcoming
present participle of overcome
Noun
overcoming (plural overcomings)
The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.
Anagrams
• coming over
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*com"ing, a.
Definition: Conquering; subduing.
– O`ver*com"ing*ly, adv.
OVERCOME
O`ver*come", v. t. [imp. Overcame; p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.] Etym: [AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.]
1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. Spenser.
2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] J. Philips.
3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.] And overcome us like a summer's cloud. Shak.
Syn.
– To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow; overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate; beat; surmount. See Conquer.
O`ver*come", v. i.
Definition: To gain the superiority; to be victorious. Rev. iii. 21.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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