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.
ASHAME
Etymology
Verb
ashame (third-person singular simple present ashames, present participle ashaming, simple past and past participle ashamed)
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame; to be ashamed.
(transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame.
Anagrams
• Seaham
Source: Wiktionary
A*shame, v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. ascamian to shame (where a- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame.]
Definition: To shame. [R.] Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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