As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
regrates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regrate
• Traegers, restager
Source: Wiktionary
Re*grate" (r*grt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.] Etym: [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]
1. (Masonry)
Definition: To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.
Re*grate", v. t. Etym: [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law)
Definition: To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.