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.
COLONIZED
colonized, colonised, settled
(adjective) inhabited by colonists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
colonized
simple past tense and past participle of colonize
Source: Wiktionary
COLONIZE
Col"o*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser.]
Definition: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
Col"o*nize, v. i.
Definition: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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