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.
BESHREW
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; “The bad witch cursed the child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
beshrew (third-person singular simple present beshrews, present participle beshrewing, simple past and past participle beshrewed)
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
Anagrams
• Hebrews, Shebrew
Source: Wiktionary
Be*shrew", v. t.
Definition: To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak.
Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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