There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
URGING
urging
(noun) the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
importunity, urgency, urging
(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty; “his importunity left me no alternative but to agree”
goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
(noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; “the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
urging
present participle of urge
Anagrams
• gruing
Source: Wiktionary
URGE
Urge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging.] Etym: [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]
1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. Pope.
2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. Shak.
3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.] Urge not my father's anger. Shak.
4. To press hard upon; to follow closely Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope.
5. To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Syn.
– To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
Urge, v. i.
1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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