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.
BAWLED
Verb
bawled
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
Source: Wiktionary
BAWL
Bawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] Etym: [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]
1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
Bawl, v. t.
Definition: To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.
Bawl, n.
Definition: A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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