There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
OBTUND
obtund
(verb) reduce the edge or violence of; “obtunded reflexes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
obtund (third-person singular simple present obtunds, present participle obtunding, simple past and past participle obtunded)
(transitive, chiefly, medicine) To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
Synonyms
• (dull or mitigate): blunt, deaden
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tund", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.] Etym: [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See Stutter.]
Definition: To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic] Harvey. They...have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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