In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CONCEPTUALIZE
gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
(verb) have the idea for; “He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients”; “This library was well conceived”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
conceptualize (third-person singular simple present conceptualizes, present participle conceptualizing, simple past and past participle conceptualized)
To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
To conceive the idea for something.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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