According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
PREPENSED
Verb
prepensed
simple past tense and past participle of prepense
Source: Wiktionary
PREPENSE
Pre*pense", v. t. Etym: [Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See Pansy.]
Definition: To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.
Pre*pense", v. i.
Definition: To deliberate beforehand. [Obs.]
Pre*pense", a. Etym: [See Pansy, and cf. Prepense, v. t.]
Definition: Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. Southey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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