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.
SEDATE
sedate, staid
(adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety
grave, sedate, sober, solemn
(adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; “a grave God-fearing man”; “a quiet sedate nature”; “as sober as a judge”; “a solemn promise”; “the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence”
sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
(verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; “The patient must be sedated before the operation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sedate (comparative more sedate, superlative most sedate)
(of a person or their behaviour) Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement.
Synonyms: placid, staid, unruffled
(of an object, particularly a building) Not overly ornate or showy.
Verb
sedate (third-person singular simple present sedates, present participle sedating, simple past and past participle sedated)
To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.
Synonym: tranquilize
To make tranquil.
Synonyms: calm, soothe, tranquilize
Anagrams
• e-dates, seated, teades, teased
Source: Wiktionary
Se*date", a. Etym: [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.]
Definition: Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. I. Watts. Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. Wordsworth.
Syn.
– Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; conteplative; sober; serious.
– Se*date"ly, adv.
– Se*date"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEQUEATH
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
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