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.
BELOVE
Etymology 1
Verb
belove
simple past tense of belive
Etymology 2
Verb
belove (third-person singular simple present beloves, present participle beloving, simple past and past participle beloved)
(intransitive, obsolete) To please.
(transitive, obsolete) To be pleased with; like.
(transitive, obsolete) To love.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*love", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beloved.] Etym: [OE. bilufien. See pref. Be-, and Love, v. t.]
Definition: To love. [Obs.] Wodroephe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TYPIFY
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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