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.
CAPACITATES
Verb
capacitates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capacitate
Source: Wiktionary
CAPACITATE
Ca*pac"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating.]
Definition: To render capable; to enable; to qualify. By thih instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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