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.
VICARIOUSLY
vicariously
(adverb) indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute; “she enjoyed the wedding vicariously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
vicariously (not comparable)
In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person. "she was living vicariously through her children"; by proxy.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a vicarious manner.
VICARIOUS
Vi*ca"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See Weak, and cf. Vice, prep.]
1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. Sir M. Hale.
3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. I. Taylor.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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