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.
AVENTRED
Verb
aventred
simple past tense and past participle of aventre
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Source: Wiktionary
AVENTRE
A*ven"tre, v. t.
Definition: To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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