There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DISSUADING
Verb
dissuading
present participle of dissuade
Noun
dissuading (plural dissuadings)
A dissuasion.
Source: Wiktionary
DISSUADE
Dis*suade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] Etym: [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton.
2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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