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.
ASSYTHMENT
Etymology
Noun
assythment (countable and uncountable, plural assythments)
(law, obsolete, Scotland) Compensation or reparation for an offense.
Source: Wiktionary
As*syth"ment, n. Etym: [From OF. aset, asez, orig. meaning enough. See Assets.]
Definition: Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scots law]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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