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.
AGGRIEVE
grieve, aggrieve
(verb) cause to feel sorrow; “his behavior grieves his mother”
aggrieve
(verb) infringe on the rights of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
aggrieve (third-person singular simple present aggrieves, present participle aggrieving, simple past and past participle aggrieved)
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
Usage notes
Now commonly used in the passive, to be aggrieved.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag*grieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrieving.] Etym: [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate.]
Definition: To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay.
Ag*grieve", v. i.
Definition: To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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