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.
ADVENE
Etymology
Verb
advene (third-person singular simple present advenes, present participle advening, simple past and past participle advened)
(rare) To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.
Anagrams
• Evadne, Naveed
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*vene", v. i. Etym: [L. advenire; ad + venire to come: cf. F. avenir, advenir. See Come.]
Definition: To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential. [R.] Where no act of the will advenes as a coefficient. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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