Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ABDUCE
adduce, abduce, cite
(verb) advance evidence for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
abduce (third-person singular simple present abduces, present participle abducing, simple past and past participle abduced)
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body;abduct. [Mid 16th century.]
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce. [Mid 20th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*duce", v.t. [imp. & p.p. Abduced; p.pr. & vb.n. Abducing.] Etym: [L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Abduct.]
Definition: To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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