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.
APPERCEIVE
apperceive
(verb) perceive in terms of a past experience
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
apperceive (third-person singular simple present apperceives, present participle apperceiving, simple past and past participle apperceived)
(obsolete) To perceive.
(psychology) To be aware of perceiving; to understand a perception by linking it mentally with a mass of existing ideas of the same object.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`per*ceive", v. t. Etym: [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.]
Definition: To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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