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.
ADUMBRATE
intimate, adumbrate, insinuate
(verb) give to understand; “I insinuated that I did not like his wife”
sketch, outline, adumbrate
(verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; “sketch the outline of the book”; “outline his ideas”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
adumbrate (third-person singular simple present adumbrates, present participle adumbrating, simple past and past participle adumbrated)
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*um"brate, v. t. Etym: [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]
1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.
2. To overshadow; to shade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLUTION
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