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.
CONCOCTIONS
Noun
concoctions
plural of concoction
Source: Wiktionary
CONCOCTION
Con*coc"tion, n. Etym: [L. concoctio.]
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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