OVERPICTURE

Etymology

Verb

overpicture (third-person singular simple present overpictures, present participle overpicturing, simple past and past participle overpictured)

(transitive, obsolete) To surpass nature in the picture or representation of; describe or portray with exaggeration.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*pic"ture, v. t.

Definition: To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.] "O'erpicturing that Venus." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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