Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
FORERUN
Etymology
Verb
forerun (third-person singular simple present foreruns, present participle forerunning, simple past foreran, past participle forerun)
To run in front.
To precede; to forecast or foreshadow.
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*run", v. t.
1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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