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.
CAMPAIGNED
Verb
campaigned
simple past tense and past participle of campaign
Source: Wiktionary
CAMPAIGN
Cam*paign", n. Etym: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]
1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.
3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.]
4. (Metal.)
Definition: The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
Cam*paign", v. i.
Definition: To serve in a campaign.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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