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.
ACCLIMATES
Verb
acclimates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
Source: Wiktionary
ACCLIMATE
Ac*cli"mate (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acclimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimating.] Etym: [F. acclimater; Ã (l. ad) + climat climate. See Climate.]
Definition: To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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