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.
CHAPERONE
chaperon, chaperone
(noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people
chaperone, chaperon
(verb) accompany as a chaperone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
See chaperon.
Noun
chaperone (plural chaperones)
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
Verb
chaperone (third-person singular simple present chaperones, present participle chaperoning, simple past and past participle chaperoned)
To act as a chaperone.
Anagrams
• canephore
Source: Wiktionary
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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