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.
CONDOLES
Verb
condoles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condole
Anagrams
• cold ones, consoled
Source: Wiktionary
CONDOLE
Con*dole", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] Etym: [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.]
Definition: To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with. Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.
Con*dole", v. t.
Definition: To lament or grieve over. [R.] I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTORATION
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