In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ANCESTORED
Verb
ancestored
simple past tense and past participle of ancestor
Anagrams
• anecdoters, second rate, second-rate, terasecond
Source: Wiktionary
ANCESTOR
An"ces*tor, n. Etym: [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. ancĂŞtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3. (Law)
Definition: One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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