In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ABSTAINED
Verb
abstained
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
Anagrams
• bastinade
Source: Wiktionary
ABSTAIN
Ab*stain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abstained; p. pr. & vb. n. Abstaining.] Etym: [OE. absteynen, abstenen, OF. astenir, abstenir, F. abstenir, fr. L. abstinere, abstentum, v. t. & v. i., to keep from; ab, abs + tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
Definition: To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. Not a few abstained from voting. Macaulay. Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt Shak.
Syn.
– To refrain; forbear; withhold; deny one's self; give up; relinquish.
Ab*stain", v. t.
Definition: To hinder; to withhold. Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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