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.
MISGIVE
misgive
(verb) suggest fear or doubt; “Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
misgive (third-person singular simple present misgives, present participle misgiving, simple past misgave, past participle misgiven)
(transitive, archaic) (of the mind, heart, etc.) To give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.
(transitive, archaic) To suspect; to dread.
(transitive, archaic) To give wrongly; to give or grant amiss.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*give", v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p. pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.]
1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] Laud.
2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. Milton.
3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] Shak.
Mis*give", v. i.
Definition: To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. "My mind misgives." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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