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.
PREDISPOSE
predispose
(verb) make susceptible; “This illness predisposes you to gain weight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] Etym: [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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